Do Alaskans get paid to live there? The who, what, when, where & why of the PFD
By ED KING – KING ECONOMICS GROUP Editor’s note: This article first appeared at King Economics Group. It is republished here with permission. Whenever I travel to the Lower 48, I usually get asked this question: “Do you really get paid just for
Alaska families lawyer up fight for educational freedoms
A group of Alaskan families are preparing to defend the state’s correspondence school program against a lawsuit aimed at banning the use of state-approve allotments for non-religious educational services or expenses at private or religious schools. Filed on
Alaskans deserve answers in aftermath of principal’s unlawful arrest & forced drugging
Last week’s now widely publicized illegal detention and forcible drugging of the 2022 Alaska Principal of the Year Mary Fulp demands a full public accounting on multiple fronts. Alaskans deserve clear answers to the following questions: –What evidence
Alaska’s ‘Principal of the Year’ who was unlawfully detained & drugged, hires attorney
Mary Fulp, the Colony High School Principal who was forcibly – and unlawfully – removed from her Mat-Su home on Jan. 18 by Alaska State Troopers and required to undergo mental treatment for three days at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, has hired an
Dunleavy blasts Biden’s anti-logging campaign for treating Alaskans like an ‘invasive species’
In a reversal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service issued a final repeal of the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule. The move formally reinstates the 2001 roadless rule in the Tongass National Forest, and effectively prohibits timber harvest and road
Alaska Judicial Council’s rejection of Kenai judge applicant, fuels growing frustration
In an unusual show of public participation at Alaska Judicial Council hearings, roughly 30 Kenai Peninsula area residents turned out for a Jan. 23 public testimony on the nine applicants who applied to serve on the Kenai Superior Court. Many of the testifiers
Dunleavy’s urges lawmakers to make Alaska ‘the most pro-life state’
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s fifth State of the State address to Alaska’s lawmakers was punctuated by a strong call to make Alaska “the most pro-life state in the country.” Unlike his previous speeches given at the start of the legislative session in Juneau,
Alaska Troopers apologize for unlawfully detaining Mat-Su principal for forced psych. evaluation
Alaska Department of Public Safety released a lengthy press release on Jan. 24, accompanied by an apology from Commissioner James Cockrell for actions taken by the Alaska State Troopers in wrongfully detaining and transporting Colony High School Principal
UAA opens ‘Pride Center’ to encourage Alaska students in exploring gender identity & sexual orientation
The publicly funded University of Alaska unveiled its new Pride Center during a flashy Jan. 17 grand opening on its Anchorage campus. Decorated in transgender, Black Live Matter, and rainbow flags, the new center is located next to the Student Union for
Alaska pro-lifers to join national protests outside pharmacies that peddle abortion pills
Pro-life advocates in Soldotna plan to join a nationally-coordinated effort to protest pharmacies that have agreed to dispense chemical abortion pills. The Biden administration recently gave approval for pharmacies across the nation to distribute the deadly
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