Officers honored as Alaska ‘Trooper of the Year’
The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers announced the recipients of the 2021 Trooper of the Year Award. Sergeant Teague Widmier of the Alaska State Troopers and Trooper Steven Cantine of the Alaska Wildlife Troopers each were recognized for
Alaska gubernatorial candidate Kurka defends his PFD vote
Editor’s note: The following open letter to Alaskans was written by Alaska State Rep. Christopher Kurka who is running for governor. Dear Fellow Alaskans: I acknowledge many of you are angry. Given what Alaskans have suffered during the last six years of
Who files by June 1 will shape Alaska politics far more than Election Day
In Alaska, Election Day isn’t half as exciting as the pundits would have you believe. It has its place. However, the direction our state government will take for the next few years is usually sorted out long before Election Day rolls around. Why is that? In
Reinbold won’t seek re-election to Alaska Senate, but will serve as ‘referee’
Firebrand conservative Alaska State Senator Lora Reinbold (R-Eagle River) announced via a Facebook video on May 25 that she is not running for re-election this year. The past few years have been trying on Reinbold as she doggedly opposed divisive and highly
No monkeypox cases in Alaska, but state is prepping health workers
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology sent a CDC advisory to health care workers late last week which details the outbreak of monkeypox virus, and encourages Alaska health care workers to help obtain clinical specimens for testing in the days ahead. “No
Want to run for office in Alaska? Filing deadline is June 1
The last half of 2022 will see one of the most packed election seasons in the history of Alaska. Voters must decide on a U.S. Senate seat, a U.S. House seat, the governor’s race, and 59 of 60 state legislators. According to the Alaska Division of
Is Alaska’s funding of private & homeschool education worth celebrating?
I hesitate to rejoice over the news that the State of Alaska will reimburse families for the cost of private and homeschool education, since I don’t believe it’s healthy for a society when families are dependent upon the state to pay for their
Final budget lets Alaska continue to publicly fund abortion
The final budget approved by the Alaska Legislature on May 18 will allow Alaska to continue underwriting abortions through its state-funded Medicaid program. Last year, Alaska paid for 537 abortion with state funds. That represented about 44% of all abortions
Alaska will reimburse parents for their child’s private education
Alaskan parents have a legitimate right to choose the school that best fits their children’s needs, even if that is a private school. There is an opportunity, which has been hiding from public view. In 2014, educator and then-State Senator Mike Dunleavy
Republican joins Alaska Dems to block vax anti-discrimination bill
Democrats in the Alaska House banded together with Republican Bart LeBon (Fairbanks) to thwart an effort to bring Sen. Lora Reinbold’s vaccine discrimination bill to a final vote in the House. Reinbold’s SB 156 seeks to outlaw vaccine-based
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