OPINION: RCV gamesmanship complicates ability to forecast Rep. Vance’s Alaska House race
Yogi Berra once said, “It is hard to make predictions, especially about the future.” Despite his warning, political pollsters still try to predict election results every election cycle, but with mixed success. Polling is difficult and when you add in
RFK submits signatures to be on Alaska ballot
The Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. campaign announced on June 13 that it has submitted more than enough signatures to gain ballot access in
In new Radio Kenai interview RFK flips on late-term abortion, blasts Covid jabs, decries weaponized justice
In new Radio Kenai interview RFK flips on late-term abortion, blasts Covid jabs, decries weaponized
Rep. Peltola votes to count noncitizens in allotting U.S. House seats, electoral votes
Alaska’s U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola joined her Democratic colleagues in Congress in a failed attempt to block a GOP-led bill that aims to include a citizenship question on the2030 U.S. Census to ensure that noncitizens are not used in the official population
OPINION: Vilifying truth-tellers in Alaska and beyond
In biblical times, there were Jonah and Jeremiah. In the 19th and 20th century there were John Quincy Adams, Clement Vallandingham, Anthony Comstock, Smedley Butler, Joseph McCarthy and Robert Welch. In more recent years, Joe Scheidler, Randall Terry,
Is Kelly Tshibaka planning to challenge Mary Peltola’s U.S. House seat?
Many Alaskans have wondered what’s next for Kelly Tshibaka who recently lost a hard-fought battle to unseat U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Tshibaka gained national attention as a strong, conservative, pro-life candidate. Last summer former President Donald
Tshibaka holds narrow lead over Sen. Murkowski in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
Conservative, pro-life challenger Kelly Tshibaka holds a narrow lead over 21-year incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. With just over 36% of prisincts counted, Tshibaka leads 44.36% to 42.69%. Democrat Patricia Chesbro only took 9.54% of the vote, as she
National suicide hotline goes live in Alaska
According to the CDC, the national suicide rate is 14 suicides per 100,000 people. Alaska is more than double that at 28.1 suicides per 100,000 people. On July 16, however, the new “988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.” went live across the state. The
Poll shows Begich, Murkowski & Dunleavy winning in ranked-choice voting
A new political survey by pollster Ivan Moore shows that Alaska’s new ranked choice voting scheme would help U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski retain her seat, and would boost U.S. House candidate Nick Begich to victory. It also indicates that Gov. Mike Dunleavy
Whites excluded from first day of Alaska Humanities Forum event on ‘race and land’
The Alaska Humanities Forum, a federally supported non-profit established to advance and preserve cultural traditions in the Last Frontier, is hosting a weekend-long conversation next month about the relationship between race and land in Alaska. In order to
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