Americans for Prosperity-Alaska names new state director
Veteran public policy expert Brett Huber has been named the new state director of Americans for Prosperity-Alaska, the local arm of a national conservative organization founded in 2004 by the Koch brothers to promote smaller government, deregulation, lower
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
OPINON: If Alaska doesn’t fix these 4 essentials we’re headed for a titanic crisis
The warning lights have been flashing for years, yet leadership keeps straightening the deck chairs on the Titanic rather than turning the wheel away from the iceberg. It is time to look squarely at the dangers ahead and take immediate, structural
OPINION: Bureaucrat-heavy education funding task force sidelines Alaska parents and kids
If Alaska's Task Force on Education Funding is going to work, parents and students need a seat at the
OPINION: Alaska’s PFD is not socialism unless dividends make you a comrade
It always amazes me when I hear people claim that the PFD is “socialism.” What’s the ordinary meaning of socialism? Government ownership or control of the means of production across the economy. Alaska doesn’t run oil companies, grocery stores, or
GREG SARBER: Good riddance to bad Alaska journalists
I'm shedding no tears for the four journalists on the Kenai Peninsula just quit their jobs in a
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:
Mat-Su District abandons Alaska’s top charter school amid lawsuit
Parents at Academy Charter School in Palmer, Alaska, are grappling with the potential loss of valued extracurricular programs as the school redirects funds to address a lawsuit filed by Natalia Romanova, a parent challenging the school’s volunteer hours
Biology Matters: Alaska lawmakers & AK Family Council join case to protect girls’ sports
Alaska Family Council was honored to join 38 other family policy councils and 206 female state legislators from across the country, including Alaska House Representatives Jamie Allard, Julie Coulombe, Elexie Moore, Cathy Tilton, Jubilee Underwood, Sarah
Radical leftists in Alaska celebrate assassination of Charlie Kirk
From local business owners to legislative aids, a number of hard leftists in Alaska have taken to social media to publicly expressed their disdain – and even hatred - for conservative apologist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot in the neck during a campus
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