Palmer postpones ordinance to curtail illegal camping on public property
The hard-left ACLU of Alaska has been drumming up opposition to the ordinance, and celebrated the council members’ decision to put off a final vote until the Oct. 28 city council
OPINION: Asleep at the wheel, the coming Trainwreck
I have a first-grader as well as two grown children. My evening time, after I flop down exhausted from owning and managing a marketing company in the process of moving offices, while also being engaged in the affairs and management of the Alaska Watchman,
A Boom without Beds: Alaska’s coming windfall has a looming blind spot
Alaska workers who live elsewhere don’t invest in local communities. They don’t build generational stability, buy homes, send their children to local schools, or keep their paychecks circulating through local businesses beyond their per diem
Typhoon ravaged Western Alaska villagers flown to massive Anchorage shelter
Hundreds of rural Alaska villagers have been flown to a massive shelter in downtown Anchorage after suffering from massive destruction by Typhoon Halong last
Alaska parents demand seat at Education Task Force table
If Alaska lawmakers want input on how to improve Alaska’s dismal public school system, they shouldn’t rely exclusively on the entrenched educational establishment that has presided over the failed institution, but inquire from actual parents and
Alaska high court to decide if non-doctors can kill unborn babies with chemicals
Alaska’s largest abortion business if facing mounting difficulties in finding local doctors who will agree to perform abortions. To remedy this, Planned Parenthood is hoping the Alaska Supreme Court will overturn a state law that requires chemical
A response to Sen. Yundt: ‘Endorsing’ the PFD is easy. Now what’s the plan?
I read State Sen. Rob Yundt’s PFD post with both appreciation and concern. I appreciate his support for a full, statutory dividend; Alaskans are better stewards of those dollars than 60 legislators. That’s consistent with our constitutional design:
ACLU decries City of Palmer plan to ban illegal camping on public property
The hard-left ACLU of Alaska is attempting to drum up opposition to a proposed ordinance that would ban illegal camping in parks and other public properties within the City of
‘Constitutional conservative’ aims to unseat Democrat-backed incumbent on Mat-Su Assembly
He may not have an “R” behind his name, but Mat-Su Borough Assembly candidate Dana Raffaniello is running on one of the most conservative platforms in recent
Alaska Supremes affirm the state’s right to cut bureaucratic red tape
Alaska’s executive branch has the authority to cut unnecessary red tape to reduce bureaucratic burdens on Alaskans. This was the opinion of the Alaska Supreme Court in a decision that affirmed the state’s right to repeal outdated
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