Conservative African American group hosting talk on school choice in Alaska
The Alaska chapter of BLEXIT, which is part of a national conservative movement to educate and empower African Americans and other minorities across America, is hosting a special presentation on Friday, Jan. 14, to build support for addressing education
Providence hires Anchorage Police Chief as first ‘diversity’ officer
According to a Jan. 12 notice from Providence Alaska, the state’s largest hospital has hired Anchorage Police Chief Kenneth McCoy, Jr. to serve as its first-ever chief “diversity, equity and inclusion officer,” or DEI. Starting Feb. 14, McCoy will be
Alaska Black Caucus to ‘pressure’ schools to adopt critical race theory
The far-left activist group, Alaska Black Caucus (ABC), which has been heavily funded by the Anchorage Assembly and the Rasmuson Foundation, has big plans to pressure Anchorage schools into teaching key elements of critical race theory in 2022. A Jan. 13
SCOTUS blocks vax mandate for private employers, lets medical mandate stand
In a major blow to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate scheme, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against his business mandate, which was issued in November by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). All three of the Democrat-appointed
Gov. Dunleavy headed to Mat-Su for free-form Q&A
Do you have a question you’d like to personally ask Gov. Mike Dunleavy about his policies or political decisions? He will be headed to Palmer as the featured speaker for the Jan. 15 town-hall-styled meeting of the Mat-Su Chapter of the Association of
Dysfunctional Alaska Legislature preps to gavel back in
On Jan. 19, the 60 public servants who represent the people of Alaska in our State Legislature will resume the messy work of representative democracy down in Juneau. If recent history is any indication, the Republican majorities in both the House and Senate
Abandoned Fairbanks baby shows need to publicize crisis pregnancy options
The dramatic rescue of a newborn marked the final hours of New Year’s Eve 2021 in Fairbanks, Alaska. A Good Samaritan found the baby along the roadside in freezing temperatures. Wrapped in blankets inside a cardboard box, the child came with a handwritten
Signatures submitted to recall 3 Palmer City Council Members
Recall petitioners turned in a stack of signatures to the city clerk in Palmer in an effort to put three city council members up for a recall vote later this year. Palmer resident Cindy Hudgins, who is helping organized the recall of council members Sabrena
Governor, AK Native groups blast Biden for eroding energy production
Gov. Mike Dunleavy joined Alaska Native groups in condemning the Biden administration after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signaled that it plans to close millions of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) that has been made available for
Do you trust Alaska politics anymore?
If there is no trust, we cannot function as a society. Do you trust your doctor’s mainstream medicine advice anymore? Do you trust the mainstream educational agenda? Do you trust the mainstream military leadership? Do you trust your mainstream religious
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