TOP PRIORITY: Alaska Dems want lower threshold to override vetoes
On the first day of the upcoming state legislative session in Juneau, Democrat lawmakers are planning to take up a resolution to amend the Alaska Constitution in order to lower the number of votes they need to override a governor’s veto on appropriation
Alaska’s former Chief Medical Officer joins national group to undermine vax critics
Since stepping down as Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer in 2024, Dr. Anne Zink has been busy on the national stage working to undermine those who point out serious concerns about vaccine
Will Alaska’s $272M health award be a feeding frenzy for leftist nonprofits?
Since Alaska’s nonprofit landscape is inundated with hard-leftist entities that will undoubtedly apply for this money, it is critical that Alaska’s health commissioner and the advisory council carefully vet the incoming wave of applications to ensure this
U.S. Supremes to hear transgender athlete case that could impact Alaska sports
On Jan. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a pair of cases that could determine whether Alaska and other states are allowed to protect women’s sports from male athletes who claim to identify as females. The cases, Little v.
REP. MCCABE: Alaska’s GOP won’t grow with public shaming & ideological purity tests
When the pursuit of ideological purity becomes the goal, real results are sacrificed. Demanding immediate or sweeping reform, and return to purity, is not a path to lasting change. Reluctant conservative Alaska voters notice and reward steady, effective
After lengthy delay, Alaska finally cuts Planned Parenthood from Medicaid
It took the State of Alaska four months to finally comply with a new federal law that prohibits certain nonprofit abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid
Alaska Orthodox Christians have only just begun to celebrate Christmas
While radio stations, department stores and most Alaskans have moved on from the Christmas season, thousands of Orthodox Christians in Alaska have only just started to celebrate. That’s because the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sitka and Alaska follow the
OPINION: Prophets, geopolitics & defending parent rights in Alaska
The fundamental rights of Alaska parents to guide the upbringing of their children is being violated by hard-left school district activists and Alaska Family Council is preparing legal action to stop
Former chairman calls for a revival of ‘once and future’ Alaskan Independence Party
The revival of the Alaskan Independence Party needs only to follow the protocols of the Division of Elections by calling a convention, restore the purpose and name of the party, and resume its
SHELLEY HUGHES: The AIP has died but Alaskans must keep fighting for our birthright
The Alaskan Independence Party may have dissolved but the ideas it embodied did not. They will live on in many of us who believe that Alaska has not been well treated since our creation as
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