Most NEA-Alaska spending goes to staff, not dues-paying school employees
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The National Education Association-Alaska (NEA-Alaska) claims that it “advocates for an excellent public education” and “advances the interests of public-school employees.” Yet, its tax records
Homer author won’t be bullied by LGBTQ activist who wants her Christmas book cancelled
Homer resident and aspiring author, Maddy Veldstra, is feeling the ire of cancel culture after she dared to object to the Homer Library’s practice of planting controversial books that promote drag queens and transgenderism in the children’s section of the
As Alaska’s libraries double down on woke indoctrination, this may be a game changer
The current controversy brewing at the Homer Public Library over LGBTQ/drag books planted in the children’s section highlights the fact that most public libraries in Alaska and across the country operate under the increasingly woke guidelines provided
ANALYSIS: Is Juneau running out of diesel?
(ErikN Publications) – On October 27, 2022, Tucker Carlson announced to the nation that we are running short of diesel, with a mere 25 days of diesel inventory remaining. He was following up on a question that was posed to John Kirby, President
Report: Alaska school districts need to improve transparency
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Heritage Foundation recently released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card for the U.S. Alaska ranked 45th in the nation and ranks in the bottom ten states for a lack of conventional school
Weeks before Alaska’s Covid jab rollout, Dr. Zink admitted ‘we just don’t have the safety data’
A November 2020 email thread obtained by the Watchman shows that Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink admitted, just weeks before the rollout of the experimental Covid jabs, that she did not have enough data to be able to weigh in, one way or
21,500 Fentanyl pills seized from Kodiak man charged with large-scale trafficking
Alaska law enforcement officers seized a massive quantity of potentially lethal drugs from Kodiak resident Mark Daniel Nason. In a Nov. 10 notice, the Dept. of Law said two indictments involving large-scale narcotics trafficking were against Nason. “While
Activist group wants ‘gender justice’ organizer to push LGBTQ dogma in Alaska Native cultures
Native Movement, a well-funded, radical LGBTQ activist organization, is looking to hire a “gender justice and healing organizer” to employ “creative strategies” in advancing LGBTQ ideology among Alaska Native communities. Native Movement formed
Mat-Su Republican Party leaders blast suit against Rep. Eastman as a threat to constitutional government
Alaska Republican Party leaders from District 27 in the Mat-Su are strongly condemning what they see as a politically motivated lawsuit that seeks to weaponize Alaska’s judicial system in order to ban conservative State Rep. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) from
FACT CHECK: AK Beacon won’t admit that homeschool growth has districts reeling
Last month, the Alaska Beacon published a long article about the financial woes impacting several large school districts across the state. The writers noted that Fairbanks and Anchorage are closing schools and laying off teachers due to massive budget
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