Unapologetic pro-fossil fuel philosopher will keynote Alaska energy summit
Alex Epstein, a highly persuasive, pro-fossil fuel philosopher will be the keynote speaker for the June 3-5 Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage. “Alex Epstein has been a champion of energy from the fossil fuel perspective, and we are excited
Anchorage Assembly uses 1998 death to push harmful LGBTQ ideology
In many cases, transgender laws are used to force faith-based groups and businesses, as well as schools and other institutions to capitulate to LGBTQ
Anchorage Moms for Liberty tells school board to stop hiding kids’ gender ID from parents
Amid a relatively short Aug. 6 meeting, the Anchorage School Board was given a strongly-worded admonishment to end the practice of hiding students’ sexual identity issues from their
Alaska GOP leaders help kill effort to strip public funding of abortion
Pro-abortion Alaska lawmakers, as well as those who pay lip service to pro-life constituents, are fine with “intent” language, so long as it has no teeth, but Hughes amendment posed a real difficulty for lawmakers who publicly profess to be
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: How Carbon Credits would work
The state has little involvement in Carbon Credits except to sell a storage area, known as Carbon Sequestration, or sell a CO2 filter, known as Carbon Offsets. These bills are merely a framework to allow us to get started investigating the
UAA opens ‘Pride Center’ to encourage Alaska students in exploring gender identity & sexual orientation
The publicly funded University of Alaska unveiled its new Pride Center during a flashy Jan. 17 grand opening on its Anchorage campus. Decorated in transgender, Black Live Matter, and rainbow flags, the new center is located next to the Student Union for
Rep. McCabe’s rebuttal to Alaska legislators who voted against concurrence on state budget
The budget process in the Alaska Legislature is a wild time. The House Finance Committee develops a budget based on finance subcommittee input as well as input from the governor’s budget and the various departments. The budget then goes to the House
Final budget lets Alaska continue to publicly fund abortion
The final budget approved by the Alaska Legislature on May 18 will allow Alaska to continue underwriting abortions through its state-funded Medicaid program. Last year, Alaska paid for 537 abortion with state funds. That represented about 44% of all abortions
4 Senate Republicans help Dems restore abortion funds in Alaska budget bill
While most media outlets are fixated on the possibility that the Alaska Legislature might pass a budget that includes a $5,500 PFD payment for Alaskans, another controversy is brewing over abortion funding language. Last month, the House sent a bill to the
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