Open Letter to Gov. Dunleavy: ‘The lives of unborn Alaskans are in your hands’
Editor’s note: The State Legislature recently passed an operating budget which gives Gov. Mike Dunleavy the ability to use State Medicaid funds to pay for abortions. The following is an open letter to the governor from longtime Anchorage pro-life advocate
Handel’s Messiah delayed but undaunted by Mat-Su storm
Due to a destructive windstorm that toppled area trees, ravaged buildings and stripped power from tens of thousands of Mat-Su homes over the past weekend, the beloved annual musical performance of Handel’s Messiah was postponed – but not
Kenai hand-count prop. trails, but prop. to change election date may help conservatives in future
While conservatives may be dismayed with early returns on the hand-count effort, a second proposition to change borough election dates to align with the State of Alaska’s election dates is doing much better. In early returns this proposition was
Voting advice for Homer/Kenai on ballot machines, hand-counting, prop. taxes, election dates & candidates
In a recent article, I encouraged Homer residents to support the three conservative candidates running for the city council. I hope this alone motivates people to get out and vote on Oct. 7. However, there are propositions on the borough ballot that are also
Kenai to vote on scrapping machine tabulators in favor of hand counting
Hand count proponents are hoping voters will approve Prop. 1 during the Oct. 7 regular election. If it passes, it will require all paper ballots, cast in-person on election day, be counted manually by hand, rather than using electronic tabulating
An open letter to Alaska’s lame duck governor – USE YOUR POWER!
What have you got to lose, governor? Will they start a new recall effort? A lame duck executive can do a lot, and can show what the Left ought to fear, far more than the beginning of a governor’s new
Hillsdale College-partnered classical school to open in Anchorage next fall
We’re founding Thomas More Classical School in Anchorage, a private Christian school that will open its doors in Fall 2026 and eventually serve grades K-12. Thomas More Classical will be free from state mandates and restrictions, committed to offering a
UPDATE: Kenai hand-count-only group successful in getting proposition on Oct. ballot
Kenai residents will vote on a ballot proposition this October which aims to amend borough code to require that all ballots “cast in person on paper ballots on election day shall be hand counted only, counting shall occur upon closing of the polls on
Kenai hand-count ballot effort makes final push for initiative signatures
Kenai residents who want borough elections to be hand-counted have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 30 to turn in an additional 190 signatures for their ballot petition. Earlier this month, Duane Edelman, who has spearheaded the petition effort, was notified by the
Mat-Su hand-count backers claim borough failed to follow new law
Advocates for hand-counting ballots are expected to flood the Mat-Su Borough Assembly meeting on Jan. 21 to voice concerns about alleged violations of the borough’s new hand-count-only
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