Comment period open on plan to restore National Park hunts to all Alaskans
The National Park Service is accepting public comments on its proposal to ease federal control in Alaska’s national parks and preserves by rolling back restrictive hunting and trapping rules imposed since
How do AK’s gubernatorial candidates plan to pay PFDs without busting the budget?
Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend payouts are an annual controversy. If elected governor, how would you attempt to solve this issue while maintaining a balanced
OPINION: Alaska homeschool testing bill is a move to replace – not serve – parents
At its core, this debate is not about testing: It’s about authority. Who gets to shape the mind and conscience of Alaskan children, the parent, or the
Which of Alaska’s Gubernatorial candidates plan to D.O.G.E. Alaska?
Trump established a Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) to reduce the size of government. Do you have any plans to establish a similar program for
Mat-Su eyes replacing skyrocketing property taxes with sales tax
Mat-Su Borough residents might soon vote to relegate their property taxes to the dustbin of history. The Borough Assembly is set to introduce a proposal that would largely eliminate increasingly burdensome property taxes and replace them with the region’s
Plastic surgeon group, which includes top Alaska docs, rejects trans surgery on minors
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons which includes 11,000 members and nearly every plastic surgeon in Alaska, has formally opposed transgender surgical procedures on
Dunleavy unveils plan to institute sales tax, limit state spending, protect PFD
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has introduced a bill in the State Senate that aims to enact a statewide sales tax as part of a larger plan that seeks to curtail state spending and guarantee a 50/50 split between the Permanent Fund Dividend and funds for state government
OPINION: Murkowski and D.C. Dems are clueless about Trump’s plan for Venezuela
Trump doesn’t want to invade Venezuela; he wants to help it produce more oil so we can buy it instead of the Chinese, and that will be a good thing for everybody, both here and in
After lengthy delay, Alaska finally cuts Planned Parenthood from Medicaid
It took the State of Alaska four months to finally comply with a new federal law that prohibits certain nonprofit abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid
Removed Mat-Su student art display blasts ‘older white men,’ calls Statue of Liberty a ‘fraud’
A recently removed school-authorized student art display at the Mat-Su Central correspondence school explicitly blamed traditional ideas and “older white people” for spreading hate and turning America’s Statue of Liberty into a fraudulent symbol of
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