With shrinking enrollment and $9.6M revenue drop Fairbanks schools look to cut 78 teachers
The Fairbanks School District has lost roughly 1,300 students since 2015, and expects to lose even more next year. Many of these children have moved on to various homeschool programs or private education – both of which have rapidly expanded as the public
OPINION: Will Alaska lawmakers free Grand Juries to investigate OCS’ and human trafficking?
unlawful behavior within the Office of Children Services (OCS) that makes children more vulnerable to human traffickers. Another is the protection that the Department of Law (DOL) and the Alaska Court System provides OCS instead of
OPINION: Alaska GOP’s shopworn ‘resistance’ to abortion is an absurd dead end
The Republican Party has used the prolife vote for decades now, and with the exception of Donald Trump’s judicial appointments, has given very little reason to expect prolife voters to continue to support the GOP. This realization is dawning on many
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
Fairbanks schools’ diversity committee looks to exclude pro-life perspective
Despite claims that it values diverse perspectives in working to improve local schools, the Fairbanks School Board’s Diversity Committee doesn’t seem interested in hearing from pro-life stakeholders in the
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
OPINION: Alaskans need to back stronger state and federal protections of parental rights
OPINION: Alaskans need to back stronger state and federal protections of parental
Alaska joins 28-states in urging Biden admin to not restrict ammunition sales
Alaska joins 28-states in urging Biden admin to not restrict ammunition
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
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