OPINION: Governor plays education ‘hardball’ with AK lawmakers in effort to improve schools
Some legislators seem to be taken back by the governor’s strong stance that he will veto SB 140 if items to improve student outcomes aren’t moved through the legislative process by his veto deadline of March 14.
ACLU asks court to force Mat-Su into letting gender-confused students access opposite sex bathrooms
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska is doubling down on its legal war against the Mat-Su School District’s policies pertaining to students who claim to be
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
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
OPINION: The evil of Alaska’s human trafficking must be stopped
OPINION: The evil of Alaska’s human trafficking must be
New bill would ban sterilization of Alaska minors
A new bill in the Alaska Legislature would effectively ban doctors from performing surgeries or treatments minors that intentionally results in the permanent loss of the person’s ability to
Amid education crisis, Alaska lowers expectations for students to be ‘proficient’
Amid education crisis, Alaska lowers expectations for students to be deemed
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