Hearing set for Alaska bill aimed at expanding protections for girls’ sports
This past fall, Alaska’s Board of Education adopted new regulations that prohibit gender-confused biological males from competing in girls’ high school sports. Now, state lawmakers are looking to codify these protections in Alaska Statute, while expanding
Alaska high court rules against warrantless aerial police spying of private citizens
Alaska law enforcement agencies do not have the right to conduct aerial surveillance of private property with high powered telephoto technology without first obtaining a search
Homesteading Alaska: Historical necessity & modern enthusiasm
Growing up on a Homestead in Alaska felt normal. Doesn’t everyone have their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins spread out evenly down an old homestead road? A childhood like mine was atypical in the 1980s and 90s in the Mat-Su Valley as homesteading
Record low 17% of H.S. grads were eligible for Alaska performance scholarship in 2023
The percentage of Alaska high school graduates who can meet the basic minimum requirements to obtain an Alaska Performance Scholarship hit a new record low in
AK senator derides critics of her plan to grow education budget as ‘white supremacy’ supporters
In a highly partisan and incendiary speech, Alaska State Sen. Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage) suggested that those who oppose massive funding increases for government schools are part of the legacy of white
Americans for Prosperity-AK warns that legislative push to revive state retirement plan could cost $9B, require taxes, kill PFD
One of the leading conservative advocacy groups in Alaska is urging the State House to reject the Senate’s approval of legislation that would restore a state employee pension plan that it says would cost Alaska upwards of $9 billion
Radical woke Alaska teacher named National Teacher of the Year finalist
An Anchorage teacher with a history of promoting radical leftist social agendas has been named as one of four finalists for the National Teacher of the Year
OPINION: Gov. Dunleavy’s plot to abolish Board of Midwives undermines Alaska mothers
As a mother who has given birth both at home with midwives and in a hospital setting, I was shocked to hear that our pro-life governor now seeks to eliminate the Board of
Anchorage’s de-population bomb continues to exacerbate critical workforce shortage
“Help Wanted” signs will likely remain a fixture for many Anchorage businesses in the coming years, as a declining and rapidly aging population further exacerbates the lack of potential
The thrill of being a mid-winter Alaska bird nerd
The thrill of mid-winter bird nerding in
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