OPINION: Alaska’s aging patients need more choices, not less
GUEST COLUMN: By Jaimie Cavanaugh and Daryl James (Institute for Justice) Alaska hospitals have a problem: The population is aging, and older patients need more care than they can afford. The strain will increase when Alaska Regional Senior Health Clinic
Fairbanks pro-lifers will continue protesting Walgreens’ disregard for human life
On February 4th, 2023, many of us protested Walgreens in Fairbanks. People wondered why would we protest a local pharmacy? We did so because Walgreens and CVS have agreed to sell the dangerous chemical abortion drug – mifepristone – to our Alaskan
Alaska AG signs onto 20-state letter warning pharmacies against selling abortion pills
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is among 20 Republican state attorneys general who have warned pharmaceutical companies, CVS and Walgreens, that they could face legal consequences for distributing abortion pills at their storefronts. The letter was sent
Aside from homeschooling, Alaska ranks poorly on educational choice
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Heritage Foundation recently released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card for the U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Alaska ranked 45th overall and is in the bottom ten states for having few
Do Alaskans get paid to live there? The who, what, when, where & why of the PFD
By ED KING – KING ECONOMICS GROUP Editor’s note: This article first appeared at King Economics Group. It is republished here with permission. Whenever I travel to the Lower 48, I usually get asked this question: “Do you really get paid just for
Alaska Judicial Council’s rejection of Kenai judge applicant, fuels growing frustration
In an unusual show of public participation at Alaska Judicial Council hearings, roughly 30 Kenai Peninsula area residents turned out for a Jan. 23 public testimony on the nine applicants who applied to serve on the Kenai Superior Court. Many of the testifiers
Mat-Su lawmakers say unjust and involuntary detainment of decorated principal exposes flaws
Alaska State Representatives David Eastman (R-Wasilla) and Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) stood on House Floor Jan. 25 to address the disturbing treatment of prominent Mat-Su resident Mary Fulp. Alaska State Troopers forcibly removed Fulp from her home last week,
Alaska in 2023: Trends, predictions and prescriptions
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a talk given for the Valley Republican Women of Alaska’s Jan. 19 meeting in Wasilla. I want to address a few major trends and developments in Alaska as they relate to our population, education and political
U.S. election watchdog group urges Alaskans to send a message by scrapping ranked voting
The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), which advocates for conservative policy reforms across the nation, says Alaska’s New Year’s resolution should be to scrap its “ill-advised” ranked-choice voting system. Since 2015, FGA has achieved
OPINION: No! Alaska doesn’t need a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn
Senate Joint Resolution 2, introduced this week by Alaska Sen. Shelley Hughes, would ask voters to make it clear that they don’t want the state paying for abortions: “To protect human life, nothing in this constitution may be construed to secure or
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