Alaska House Candidate: Here’s how to stop leftists from destroying public schools
Alaska’s education system has failed our children. Nationally, Alaska is 47th in education and our fourth graders are dead last. How can this be when Alaska spends more per-pupil on education than most other states in the nation? That’s abject failure.
Report: Anchorage School District pays teachers not to teach
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum Should public school teachers be paid not to teach? School districts and other government bodies often pay employees full wages and benefits for performing union work instead of their official duties.
Distribution of Covid funds to Alaska businesses rife with irregularities, errors
A recently released audit of the $282 million in CARES Act funds that Alaska issued to small businesses as part of the massive Covid relief spending shows massive irregularities, errors and the awarding of numerous unallowable grants. The state’s
OPINION: Conservative Alaskans must be calculating voters to win under RCV
Alaskan Conservatives are doing what they always do. Less than a week after our eye-popping defeat in the Special Election, Alaskan Conservatives are still squabbling over “Who-is-more-conservative-than-whom?” Instead, they should be strategizing
OPINION: Palin should quit so Alaska can elect a Republican to U.S. House
With 60% of the voters choosing Republicans (Palin and Begich) in round one of Alaska’s ranked-choice vote election for the U.S. House, it seemed like the final outcome should have been a Republican win. One of the Republicans should have inherited the
Fairbanks set to double down on pushing LGBTQ sexuality in public schools
The Fairbanks School Board is scheduled to vote on a resolution that encourages educators to promote and celebrate LGBTQ sexuality among all grade levels throughout the month of October. Set for a vote at the Sept. 6 school board meeting, the proposal
ANALYSIS: Alaska must clean its voter rolls to ensure accurate elections
By Aubrey Wursten – Alaska Policy Forum The people of Alaska deserve election integrity, and ensuring the accuracy of voter rolls plays an essential part in achieving that goal. Incorrect voter rolls result in ineligible individuals voting – even
OPINION: Palin v. Peltola – who will win today’s ranked vote showdown?
Later today (Aug. 31), Alaskans will finally learn who won the state’s very first ranked-choice voting contest. Will it be hard-leftist, pro-abortion Democrat Mary Peltola, or will Sarah Palin complete her comeback to national politics? It’s been two
CDC recommends Alaska ask teens about oral and anal sex practices, gender ID
A year after cancelling its biennial survey in which the State of Alaska gathers detailed information about the sexual practices, drug use, home life and general health of high school teens, the Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is back. This year the
Outside billionaires attempt to sway Alaskans into backing Murkowski
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is benefiting from massive contributions via Lower-48 billionaires who hope to influence Alaskans into voting for the 21-year incumbent this November. Multi-national hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin is one of several wealthy individuals
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