Poll: Alaskans oppose tax hikes to flood state pension plan and public schools
A new statewide survey commissioned by Americans for Prosperity-Alaska (AFP-Alaska) makes it clear that Alaskans oppose new taxes for costly state pension plan proposals or expanded spending on state-funded education. Public opinion seems to contrast with
Failing Fairbanks District set to shutter 5 schools as enrollment plummets
Facing rapidly declining enrollment, poor student test results and a growing number of families who have opted to leave standard public schooling for homeschool, the Fairbanks School District is set to permanently shutter five schools. The school board will
OPINON: Alaska’s GOP could take a page from Trump on how to flex political power
There was a short but interesting lesson on the effective use of political power over the weekend. When ICE sent two planeloads of illegal immigrants back to Colombia on Sunday, Gustavo Petro, the President of Colombia, refused to allow the planes to land and
Kenai hand-count ballot effort makes final push for initiative signatures
Kenai residents who want borough elections to be hand-counted have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 30 to turn in an additional 190 signatures for their ballot petition. Earlier this month, Duane Edelman, who has spearheaded the petition effort, was notified by the
Alaskans urge Sen. Murkowski join GOP in backing RFK to lead U.S. Health Dept.
President Trump’s nominee to oversee the U.S. Health Department, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is expected to undergo a contentious hearing process in the U.S. Senate this week, one which will likely require Republicans to unify around the man Trump has tapped to
Trump gender-ID order is a call for Alaska to realign policies with biological reality
Trump's order aims to restore clarity in language, protect women’s rights, and realign Title IX to its original intent of safeguarding opportunities for females. For like Alaska, where gender ideology has deeply influenced schools, policies, and public
Alaska GOP District 29 calls for ‘permanent sanctions’ against RINO lawmakers
Leaders of the Alaska Republican Party’s District 29 in the Mat-Su have had it with lawmakers who run as Republicans only to abandon the party and what it stands for once
BOB BIRD: ‘How anarchy begins’
“Anarchy” will lead us into total chaos, where there is no right principle of action, except self-interest. Most people want nothing to do with
OPINION: My political bluff got called, but Alaska’s GOP still needs to go all in
Poker players sometimes bluff, pretending a weak hand is stronger than it is, to win the pot. That strategy works until someone recognizes their strategy and calls them on it. I bluffed and got called on a recent article where I suggested that in response to
AK delegation – Sullivan, Murkowski, Begich – vote to punish infanticide, but Dems block bill
Alaska’s D.C. delegation voted to advance a bill that would protect infants who survive an abortion procedure from then being killed by infanticide after they are
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