Conservative-backed newcomer aims to bring fresh ideas to Fairbanks City Council
First-time political candidate Hannah Ekalook is looking to unseat left-wing incumbent Sue Sprinkle on the Fairbanks City Council in the upcoming Oct. 7
Petition to ‘restore’ Alaska’s PFD gains 20K signatures in 3 days
An online petition calling on the Alaska Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy to restore the Permanent Fund Dividend has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures in less than 24
OPINION: Alaska’s students suffer when teachers lack basic moral clarity
The academic mindset - mocking parents, blurring moral lines, and inverting good and evil - shapes how universities prepare teachers, and how those ideas filter into Alaska
OPINION: Plan to link Alaska’s Permanent Fund accounts is all about growing govt. spending
Changing Alaska's Permanent Fund structure to provide a stable revenue source for the state is a mistake. It hurts the fund, and it hurts the rest of us who don’t depend on government for a
Why the Fed pushes rates that cause recession & prevent needed growth for Trump’s America-1st agenda
the Fed is resisting the clear indicators that their crisis rates are leading the U.S. into recession and preventing the massive growth needed to fulfill Trump’s trade and America-First
Defiant leftist lawmakers have no desire to pass policy changes for Alaska’s failing schools
It appears that Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s attempt to get left-leaning lawmakers to pass concrete educational reforms has fallen on defiant ears. Rather than focus on expanding school choice, instituting educational tax credits and addressing a student reading
Full Court Press: Recent rulings pave way for Alaska to defend faith, family & life
These historic rulings have paved the way for taking back ground right here in Alaska. But we need help to keep
A New Dawn: Unleashing Energy and Embracing Digital Freedom
Fellow men and women of the Watch, if you’ve been feeling the weight of bureaucratic red tape stifling our great state’s potential, take heart—today marks a turning point. In a season of remarkable victories for American ingenuity and
PBS station highlights Anchorage Mayor’s disdain for ICE arrests of illegal aliens
Alaska Public Media, which is a taxpayer-funded PBS affiliate, took time to highlight the fact that Anchorage’s hard-leftist is opposed to the Trump Administration’s efforts to arrest illegal immigrants in Alaska’s largest
Myth exposed: IRS acknowledges churches can speak freely about politics
Many churches believed the myth of “separation of church and state” meant silence in the pulpit. But that was never
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