Alaska’s ranked-choice primaries are a mostly pointless waste of time and money
In November, Alaska have a chance to do away with the state’s controversial and often pointless ranked-choice voting system, which was narrowly approved by voters back in 2020. In addition to discarding the traditional voting system, in which each voter
Alaska Supremes to decide whether they illegally colluded with Dept. of Law
Four decades after drafting the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned that allowing the judiciary to be the ultimate arbitrator of all constitutional questions would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Jefferson, widely considered one
Alaska now has 3,492 electric vehicles on the road, but future gowth is uncertain
According to a new report from Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Alaska now has 3,492 total electric vehicles (EV) on the road, with 119 publicly available charging outlets. That amounts to 29 EVs for every public
Judge adds Alaska to growing list of states exempted from Biden’s LGBTQ agenda in schools
Thanks to a federal court ruling on July 3, Alaska does not have to enforce a Biden administration rule aimed at injecting LGBTQ ideology into public
Satanists march in Anchorage Pride Parade, proclaiming ‘Satan made me fabulous’
A group of Satanists was among the many political and social activists who were approved by Anchorage Pride Parade organizers to march in the June 29 event through downtown
Alaska Supreme Court upholds homeschool allotment program, for now
Homeschoolers across Alaska, who use the state-funded correspondence program to access goods and services provided at private and religious schools, can continue doing so after the Alaska Supreme Court rejected a challenge to this
Gov. Dunleavy lauds U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to curb federal agencies’ ability to interpret law
Governor Mike Dunleavy is lauding the June 28 U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that curtails the ability of federal agencies to interpret ambiguously worded laws, a move he says will enable Alaska to better fight federal
Alaska Natives infuriated with Biden admin for ignoring concerns in favor of climate agenda
The Biden Administration’s treatment of North Slope Alaska Natives has sparked outrage among Iñupiat leaders, who say their livelihoods have been disregarded in favor of scoring political
OPINION: ‘Hot-button’ climate theme shouldn’t deter Academic Decathlon participation
One of Alaska’s most successful Academic Decathlon teams comes out of the IDEA homeschool program. Some people associated with this team expressed concern about this year’s theme, and one Mat-Su mom relayed her criticism in a widely circulated opinion
U.S. Supreme Court asked to hear 1st Amend. challenge to Alaska’s election speech restrictions
On June 13, a national nonprofit legal center filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Smith v. Stillie, a case challenging Alaska’s intrusive election laws that were narrowly passed in 2020 with Ballot Measure 2, a measure that also
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