Equity-focused Juneau School Board looks to denounce survey ranking ‘best’ school & teacher
With more than 65% of its students unable to do basic reading, writing and math, one might think a little healthy competition between schools and teachers would do the failing Juneau School District some good. That’s not at all how local educational
If Jay Hammond & Clem Tillion could still speak, what might they say about today’s PFD?
What would the most ardent historical supporters of the Alaska's PFD - Jay Hammond and Clem Tillion - say about the current state of
GOP aims to crash Peltola’s Iditarod meet & greet with tough questions
In the lead-up to the gathering, RNC’s Western Regional Communications Director Nick Poche sent out an email alert with suggested questions that attendees might ask Peltola as her party continues to withhold funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland
Voter guide IDs conservative candidates in Anchorage election
The upcoming Anchorage Assembly and School Board races offer conservative voters a concrete opportunity to weaken the left’s growing political grip over the
Mat-Su’s public school parents join charter, private & homeschoolers in driving kids to school
Thousands of brick-and-mortar public school parents across the Mat-Su will soon be joining their counterparts in private, correspondence and some in charter schools who regularly drive their kids to school, five days a
OPINION: Senate Majority Leader is enabling Murkowski to block voter ID act
The only conclusion a reasonable person can draw is that Sen. Murkowski opposes the SAVE Act because she benefits from the fraudulent votes that it would
Hearing set for bill that lets youth counselors push gender-ID without parent consent
Alaska bill would give mental health counselors access to minors without parental knowledge or consent. This would include sessions that deal with gender-identity and sexual
Murkowski peddles debunked myth that mosquito bites spread Hep. B
In a high-profile Feb. 25 confirmation hearing for President Trump's Surgeon General nominee, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski falsely asserted that Hepatitis B is being spread via mosquito bites in Alaska
Anchorage looks to give $2M in marijuana tax to school district’s daycare program
Thanks to the city’s booming weed industry, the 5% marijuana tax brings in about $5 million annually, all of which goes to helping parents offset the cost of leaving their kids in daycare or early education
Anchorage diner owner, who defied Covid mandates, invited to State of Union speech
In 2020, the Kriners became a lightning rod when they doggedly refused to bow to then-Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s order that all indoor dining operations shut down due to his Covid
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