Returning to sound money: Why gold and silver matter for Alaska’s future
For too long, we have relied on a paper system detached from reality, a fiat currency that can be printed at will and diluted through inflation. We can see this in the current price of gold. Gold is not going up in value; it just takes more dollars to buy an
A Boom without Beds: Alaska’s coming windfall has a looming blind spot
Alaska workers who live elsewhere don’t invest in local communities. They don’t build generational stability, buy homes, send their children to local schools, or keep their paychecks circulating through local businesses beyond their per diem
11 Alaska nonprofits claim Trump probe of domestic terror groups is ‘un-American’
A coalition of radical left-leaning Alaska nonprofits have joined thousands nationwide in condemning the Trump administration’s work to cut public taxpayer funding for ideologically driven groups that push climate alarmism, abortion, DEI, critical race
REP. MCCABE: Alaska must dismantle & rebuild our failing school system to serve parents, kids
Alaska's education system has been hijacked by powerful teachers unions and their political allies, who treat education as a taxpayer-funded business. They lobby relentlessly for bigger budgets while resisting parental
OPINION: To pay a full PFD we must name the cuts & untangle Alaska budgetary knots
If you want a larger PFD without risking the Fund, you must either (a) name the cuts (and the lost federal matches), (b) name the new revenues, or (c) change the rules (and defend the long-term consequences). If you want stable services without shrinking the
OPINION: Alaska’s PFD is not socialism unless dividends make you a comrade
It always amazes me when I hear people claim that the PFD is “socialism.” What’s the ordinary meaning of socialism? Government ownership or control of the means of production across the economy. Alaska doesn’t run oil companies, grocery stores, or
Citizens tell Anchorage school board to hold teachers accountable for ‘veiled threats of violence’
A group of deeply concerned parents and citizens showed up to the Oct. 7 Anchorage School Board meeting to demand accountability for two teachers who they say have engaged in hateful and threatening rhetoric regarding President Trump and the late Charlie
OPINION: Alaska Health Div. misleads public by undermining new Covid guidelines
Nowhere in the state’s recommendation do I see the CDC requirement that this be an individual-based decision-making shared between the individual and the healthcare provider. Yet, that was the essence of the CDC recommendation. Alaska’s SOE recommendation
Mat-Su District abandons Alaska’s top charter school amid lawsuit
Parents at Academy Charter School in Palmer, Alaska, are grappling with the potential loss of valued extracurricular programs as the school redirects funds to address a lawsuit filed by Natalia Romanova, a parent challenging the school’s volunteer hours
‘Constitutional conservative’ aims to unseat Democrat-backed incumbent on Mat-Su Assembly
He may not have an “R” behind his name, but Mat-Su Borough Assembly candidate Dana Raffaniello is running on one of the most conservative platforms in recent
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