Alaska AG joins 21-states in challenging Biden’s highway climate mandate
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a 21-state coalition to push back against the Biden Administration’s latest climate rule, which mandates that states with federal interstates and highways adopt stringent CO2 emissions standards to help achieve
ANALYSIS: Alaska economy hindered by corporate tax, large public workforce, excessive debt
Alaska’s economic outlook ranking would not be nearly so rosy if the state implemented a personal income tax or statewide sales tax, as their absence contributes much to ALEC’s
Alaska’s pro-ranked choice voting groups hit with elections complaint from leader of repeal side
The pro-ranked choice voting group, Alaskans for Better Elections (ABE), is being accused of violating many of the same campaign finance laws that its leaders leveled against a group that is now trying to repeal the controversial voting system and reinstate
Mat-Su leftists make inroads in Palmer City Council election
Just 18 months after conservative voters turned out in larger than typical numbers to oust three hard-left Palmer City Council members in April of 2022, progressives have now managed to oust one conservative in last week’s Oct. 3 city
OPINION: Don’t be fooled by closet leftists who want to take over the Mat-Su School Board
OPINION: Don't be fooled by leftist candidates who want to take over Mat-Su School
Here’s how Alaska is spending its money this year
Here's how Alaska is spending its
EaglExit Chair: How Federal disability law disincentivizes high student performance
Editor’s note: The following provides updates on the EaglExit project, a multi-year effort which is underway to detach the Eagle River and Chugiak areas away from the Municipality of Anchorage in order to create a separate and independent borough. This
OPINION: If Chugiak/Eagle River secedes from Anchorage we’ll have better schools (part 1)
Editor’s note: EaglExit is a growing grassroots movement of Chugiak/Eagle River residents who are working to formally secede from Anchorage to create a new independent borough. The aim to create a small government that can better deliver essential
OPINION: Why do Alaska ‘pro-life’ lawmakers sit on their hands?
Why didn’t the Alaska representatives in the State House who killed Rep. David Eastman’s amendment to prohibit state funding of abortion introduce one of their own instead? Why didn’t a single GOP legislator other than him do so in the first place? Roe
Dunleavy wants to explore how to get more Alaska kids into childcare facilities
Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants it to be easier and more affordable for mothers and fathers to put their kids in childcare facilities while they work. To this end he has established a special task force charged with developing a strategy to improve the availability
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