ELECTION UPDATE: Conservative Anchorage Assembly candidate Donley now trails, school bonds still failing
The latest update from the Anchorage municipal election shows candidates aligned with the left-leaning Assembly and school board holding, expanding or taking leads in most races, while costly school bonds continue to
OPINION: Edna DeVries has what it takes to be governor of Alaska
Mayor DeVries’s position on all of the issues is exactly as you would expect from a true conservative. She is pro-life, opposed to Ranked Choice Voting, supports improving election integrity, believes in limited government, and, since she has previous
GOVERNOR’S RACE: If elected, how will you protect unborn Alaskans from abortion?
The Alaska Supreme Court has blocked nearly every pro-life law ever passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor, thereby ensuring that Alaska remains one of the most pro-abortion states in the country. Given this reality, share two concrete
How would Alaska’s gubernatorial hopefuls address pandemics?
The current Dunleavy Administration grappled with many unexpected challenges associated with COVID-19. Identify two things you would have done differently to protect personal liberty during the
Powerful climate activists aim to stack Mat-Su, Homer & Chugach electric boards
Well-connected environmental activist organizations across Alaska are proactively working to stack local electric cooperative boards with candidates who are ideologically aligned with pursuing controversial and largely unproven alternatives to fossil
OPINION: Fairbanks schools’ $11.4M surplus undercuts funding ‘crisis’ narrative
The Fairbanks School District quietly built healthy reserves, while publicly pushing a narrative of crisis - closed schools, outsourced custodial services, rising class sizes, and staff reductions. Taxpayers were told more money was the only
OPINION: Anchorage hands radical libs another election day win, but ….
Despite more efforts being employed by more groups than well...pretty much ever, the Anchorage Assembly and the Anchorage School Board will likely remain as radically liberal as they have been in recent
Anchorage voters appear unwilling to dump more money into failing public schools
While Anchorage voters appear to have approved a slew of new bonds for roads, parks and public safety, they are sharply divided on whether to increase property taxes and take on nearly $80 million in new school
Mat-Su Mayor ‘compelled’ to tackle mockery of Alaska Grand Jury rights
Mat-Su Borough Mayor and Alaska gubernatorial candidate Edna DeVries recently expressed deep concerns and shared her personal experience regarding the ongoing controversy swirling around the rights and responsibilities of Alaska Grand
OPINION: It’s ‘Shroud Season’ in Alaska and across the globe
And it is science, not theologians or Church apologists, who tell us that the mysterious body image of the Shroud cannot be
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