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
Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is running for governor
After much speculation, it’s official. Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson announced on Oct. 2 that he is running for Governor of
Leading GOP candidate vows to exit Alaska governor’s race if she’s not the top GOP vote getter in 2026 primary
One of Alaska’s top GOP gubernatorial candidates, Bernadette Wilson, announced that she vows to drop out of the race for governor if she does not receive the most votes among Republicans in next year's jungle primary. She is asking for every other GOP
Alaska asks U.S. Supremes to end federal overreach on Alaska’s navigable waters
The State of Alaska is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the federal government can regulate navigable waters within Alaska that are not “public lands” under federal
ANALYSIS: New study looks at the Vaxxed vs. Unvaxxed
“What is so incredible is that a pro-vaccine scientist at a pro-vaccine medical institution conducted a study to prove “anti-vaxxers” wrong but instead produced one of the most damning indictments of the vaccine program ever seen. We are facing a crisis
OPINION: Alaska’s new Grand Jury ‘process’ helps hide government corruption
On August 18, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor gave a town hall presentation in Soldotna to supposedly “restore public confidence in the system,” and defend his new “process” in which he is the “gatekeeper” to Alaska’s Grand
An open letter to Alaska’s lame duck governor – USE YOUR POWER!
What have you got to lose, governor? Will they start a new recall effort? A lame duck executive can do a lot, and can show what the Left ought to fear, far more than the beginning of a governor’s new
BEN CARPENTER: Alaska can’t allow overreaching judges to gut citizen Grand Jury oversight
The people of Alaska must never surrender their watchdog - the independent grand jury - to the very institutions it was designed to
Poll: In hypothetical race for AK governor, packed GOP field trails Democrat Peltola
Newly released Data for Progress polling shows former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola with the highest favorability among Alaska’s top candidates in a hypothetical ranked-choice election for governor. When asked if they have a favorable or unfavorable
Former Kenai school custodian, sentenced to 15 years for sex abuse of minor
A former school custodian was sentenced to 15 years for sexually abusing a 14-year-old minor he met while working for the Kenai School
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