Anchorage School Board Member: District must be held accountable, before seeking more money
The Anchorage School District, which has been mired in disastrous student educational outcomes over the past several years, should not ask state lawmakers for increased state funding without first being willing to demonstrate accountability for the millions
State of Alaska works with nonprofits to train teens to be woke activists
The annual LeadOn conference, which targets 13-to 17-year-olds, took place this past weekend at Embassy Suites in Anchorage. Youth applied to attend the three-day event, Nov. 11-13, and sat through various workshops focused on sexuality, gender identity and
Anchorage’s 40-day prolife vigil ends with calls to conquer abortion with faith, love, science
More than 70 people braved sub-freezing temperatures to attend the closing event of the 40 Days for Life vigil outside the Anchorage Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. Mary Kemper, who helped coordinate this year’s campaign spoke to the gathering of
Petition calls Alaska’s ranked-choice voting a ‘threat to democracy and our Republic’
The day after Alaska held its first-ever ranked-choice vote general election, a petition against the controversial voting system was launched to do away with the scheme. Posted on Nov. 9, the petition has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures in its first week.
Alaska’s election results: – Tshibaka, Peltola, Dunleavy lead, const. convention trailing
The initial results of Alaska’s unofficial election night results are up with many more ballots yet to count. The margins are expected to change over the next 15 days as tens of thousands of absentee and early ballots are tallied and added to the final
Siberian Yupik tale offers a timeless lesson to a world at war
The World’s political leaders, including main actors such as Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, European Union, United Kingdom, United States and Canada, failed a trust given to them by the World’s communities for allowing Russian/Ukrainian conflict to erupt
Rep. Carpenter: Alaskans must summon the courage to exercise our constitutional authority
Alaskans have been asking for justice from our judicial system for a long time. Too many Alaskans see the law applied to protect those with money and power but not those without. The simple truth is that Alaskans need a greater say in selecting judges to
Anchorage School Board member raises concern over LGBTQ protocols & land acknowledgment
Discussions about current transgender bathroom protocols, along with a proposed indigenous land acknowledgement were part of a lively Oct. 18 Anchorage School Board meeting. The lone conservative on the board, Dave Donley, raised concern about a proposed
We must admit abortion’s cause and effect to provide hope and healing.
I receive a Google alert each day for news events dealing with the issue of trauma. There are many on the list each day! Trauma centered care is big industry and has grown immensely over the past two decades. None of the alerts, however, talk about
Alaska Lawyers Chapter highlights problems with ranked voting/dark money initiative
The Alaska Chapter of the Federalist Society held an in-person forum with a lunch gathering at Glacier Brewhouse last month. Attending were State Senator and majority leader Shelley Hughes, Bernadette Wilson, Executive Director of Alaskans for Prosperity, and
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