OPINION: Alaska Ed. Funding Task Force was bought before it began
Alaska’s Education Funding Task Force hasn’t even finished its coffee, and the outcome is already written. When every seat at the table is filled by state legislators bankrolled by the same education unions whose interests they’re supposed to
Alaska delegation praises repeal of Biden rule that blocked NPR-A development
The U.S. Interior Department has officially repealed a Biden-era rule that sought to block future development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). After a thorough legal and policy review by the Bureau of Land Management, the final rule was
Alaskan challenges Biden-era mandate requiring union affiliation for construction jobs
The lawsuit claims that when unelected officials write binding rules without clear legislative limits, they undermine democratic accountability and threaten the individual liberty that the separation of powers was designed to
Alaska salmon harvest jumps by 88% with 195M fish caught
Nearly 195 million salmon were harvested in the 2025 Alaska season, which amounts to an 88% increase over last year when just 103 million were
EDITORIAL: Will Mat-Su stay conservative? A tiny fraction of voters will decide
Of the nearly 100,000 registered voters in the Mat-Su Borough, roughly 10,000 to 15,000 will likely decide who gets to enact local laws, craft school policy and shape the political landscape in the coming
Top Alaska lawmakers urged to audit state education for systemic corruption
This is a call for a top-to-bottom legal review of state education policies, from hiring and DEI mandates to athletic and facility access rules, asking every state to conduct legal housekeeping to restore trust and
Self-professed ‘EnviroQueers’ boast of ‘outsized impact’ on future of Fairbanks
If a well-heeled and determined environmentalist group has its way, the next few years will bring about climate-change inspired mandates, the end of fossil fuels, carbon taxation, roadblocks to state and federal efforts at expanding oil, gas and mineral
OPINION: Entrenched political interests dissuade AK lawmakers from living within our means
Over the past decade, Alaska’s Legislature has exhibited a pattern of fiscal behavior marked by spending growth, political expedience, and an unwillingness to impose measurable performance accountability on state
A Boom without Beds: Alaska’s coming windfall has a looming blind spot
Alaska workers who live elsewhere don’t invest in local communities. They don’t build generational stability, buy homes, send their children to local schools, or keep their paychecks circulating through local businesses beyond their per diem
OPINION: Alaska Health Div. misleads public by undermining new Covid guidelines
Nowhere in the state’s recommendation do I see the CDC requirement that this be an individual-based decision-making shared between the individual and the healthcare provider. Yet, that was the essence of the CDC recommendation. Alaska’s SOE recommendation
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