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OPINION: Life experience is a writer’s greatest asset
Before writing, authors need to live a
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Trump blasts Biden’s offshore drilling ban that locks up 44M acres around Alaska
Biden’s action will block drilling in 44 million acres of the Northern Bering Sea in northwest
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Understanding Alaska’s budget (part 2) – How we spend money
The Democrats and their RINO allies in ruling caucuses in both houses of our legislature aren’t looking to become fiscally solvent. They will continue to spend money we don’t have and run budget deficits until someone puts a stop to it. That person should
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State report predicts Trump will boost Alaska oil/gas jobs, cut federal posts
A new report from the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development predicts that the incoming Trump administration will benefit oil and gas jobs, while potentially reducing the large number of federal jobs across the
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‘My faith is not a disorder’ – AK Principal of the Year who was drugged & detained files lawsuit
Former Alaska Principal of the Year, Mary Fulp, who is a practicing Christian, believes her religious beliefs were treated not as her constitutional right but as evidence of a mental disorder when she was forcibly detained and
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Alaska to fight vax critics with high tech, pro-jab, data tracking campaign
One of the main strategies is to build public trust, which has deteriorated in the wake of heavy-handed COVID jab mandates that coerced many Alaskans to submit to experimental shots against their will during the Covid
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OPINION: Biden pardons raise legal concerns given his mental decline
Can a sitting president experiencing cognitive decline effectively carry out the responsibilities outlined in Article II, Section 2, which grants the president the authority to issue reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United
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Understanding Alaska’s budget: What drives our revenue?
To help you understand the state budget, I will split this report into two parts. Part one will focus on revenue coming to the state, and part two will focus on what we spend it
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OPINION: Trump overplays hand with talk of annexing Canada
Trump was very clever in using the threat of tariffs. Annexing Canada is absurd, and telegraphs his own personality weaknesses to the
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Alaska pastor defends decision to post political signs on church grounds
In the run-up to the November election, Homer had some controversy about the presence of political signs on the property of one of the churches