Alaskans working to repeal ranked-choice voting have over half of needed signatures
The statewide effort to repeal ranked-choice voting in Alaska is firing on all cylinders according to organizers who are currently gathering needed signatures to place the issue on the 2024 general election ballot. Alaskans For Honest Elections is working to
Amid ongoing book wars Mat-Su School Board establishes citizen library committee
In the wake of heated controversy surrounding a host of sexually-charge books which students have access to in Mat-Su school libraries, the Mat-Su School Board voted on May 24 to establish a new Library Citizens Advisory Committee. School Board Members Kathy
Anchorage drag queens perform for kids at Jewish house of worship
Earlier this month, a prominent Anchorage Jewish community – Congregation Beth Shalom – welcomed three drag queens to their place of worship for an emerging development on the drag queen story hour trend. The LGBTQ activist group – The Queen’s
Anchorage Library Board will attempt to address teen book on anal sex/porn after chief librarian claims it’s ‘appropriate’
Anchorage’s new chief librarian, Virginia McClure, doesn’t see a problem with young teens reading library books that include graphic instructions on how to have anal sex, explore sexual fantasies and gender identities, create their own personal digital
First Lady’s headed to Bethel to tout high-speed internet as key to prosperity
When Alaska’s Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola hosts First Lady Jill Biden in a historic trip to Bethel Alaska, the focus will be on expanding access to high-speed internet as a primary means of addressing the area’s health and educational problems. While
Walmart agrees to push ‘Pride Month’ with LGBTQ themed apparel
Walmart stores in Alaska and across the nation are rolling out a whole line of LGBTQ-themed clothing as part of a new corporate-wide embrace of “Pride Month.” According to a report in Arizona Republic, Walmart’s new Pride apparel is designed by several
Anchorage animal shelter uses drag queens to promote pet adoptions
One of Alaska’s oldest animal shelters is wading into the controversial world of drag queens in order to spark interest in pet adoptions. Since 1955 Alaska SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has operated as a private, nonprofit –
AK conference equips librarians to thwart parental objections to drag queens and sexualized youth books
Drag queens, gender-fluidity, sex-themed youth books and difficulties with conservative parents were prominent topics at the annual Alaska Library Association’s conference late last month in Fairbanks. Community and school librarians gathered from across
Part II: Shock and awe spending spree aimed to deter future Alaska’s Constitutional Convention efforts
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is part two of four in a series about Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a
Librarians plot to undermine Mat-Su’s school library book review committee
In the wake of mounting controversy over highly sexualized and extremely graphic books available to children in Mat-Su school libraries, the district is now on the cusp of assembling a parent-heavy book review committee to determine which titles are unfit for
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