OPINION: Dangerous legislation threatens Alaskan’s parental rights
Alaska Senate Bill 90, introduced by Senator Cathy Giessel of Anchorage, represents a dangerous overreach that undermines the fundamental rights of parents to guide their children's healthcare
REP. KEVIN MCCABE: Pastors we need you. Where is today’s Black-Robed Regiment?
REP. KEVIN MCCABE: Pastors we need you. Where is today’s Black-Robed
OPINION: Alaska education bureaucracy invokes ‘hungry children’ to justify double dipping
Few subjects can shut down a budget discussion faster than feeding kids. It’s the rhetorical trump card of education politics - invoke “hungry children,” and any criticism of fiscal waste is branded cruel. But compassion isn’t the same thing as
OPINION: Radical language wars serve leftist agenda in Alaska and beyond
Controlling the dictionary is more powerful than controlling Congress, because it decides who sounds reasonable before a single vote is
Task force draft proposes Black Lives Matter-type control over Anchorage police
The final draft reflects many of the priorities laid out by radical leftwing groups such as Black Live Matter, which favor "community-controlled policing" in which certain select community members have extensive authority and influence over local police
Eaglexit takes major step in push to politically detach from Anchorage
Eaglexit, the grassroots movement advocating for the separation of Assembly District 2 from the Municipality of Anchorage, and the incorporation as its own home rule borough, has reached a major
Alaska delegation praises repeal of Biden rule that blocked NPR-A development
The U.S. Interior Department has officially repealed a Biden-era rule that sought to block future development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). After a thorough legal and policy review by the Bureau of Land Management, the final rule was
Teen Turning Point chapter launches Friday in Mat-Su
The growth of Turning Point USA across Alaska will take another step on Nov. 21 when the first high school chapter launches in the
Amid failing students and sinking enrollment, Fairbanks superintendent wins national award
Despite a massive exodus of students and chronic failure to teach basic reading and math across the district, Fairbanks Superintendent Luke Meinert has been recognized as one of the top 10 school superintendents in the
Anchorage election official defends vote-by-phone policy after NYT raises concerns
Anchorage’s top election official is attempting to defend the city’s novel vote-by-phone policy, after a Nov. 13 New York Times article highlighted concerns and criticisms with the controversial mobile voting
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