Alaska Senate Republicans have a new Minority Leader
The Senate Republican Caucus in the Alaska Legislature has elected Sen. Mike Cronk (R – Tok/Northway) as its new Minority
OPINION: Alaska lawmakers give education reformers a giant middle finger
The unserious leftists in control of the Alaska Legislature sent a message to the Alaska voters that was loud and clear. The legislature doesn’t care about actually improving public school education in Alaska. Their only concern is spending more of your
Democrat-led majority blocks effort to support federal rail grant for Alaska
By blocking the resolution, the Senate majority has caused what will be “the loss of thousands of good paying jobs including union workers, billions of dollars of investment into Alaska, and decades of economic growth,” the GOP minority stated. “These
VETO OVERRIDE: These 11 GOP minority members helped dump record funds into AK’s failing schools
Schools will now see a massive influx in funds this coming year, despite the fact that, for years, Alaska’s students have had some of the very worst educational outcomes in the
Sen. Hughes weighs in on hated PFD scheme, school funding bill, Alaska’s dire fiscal reality
The following column is excepted from Sen. Shelley Hughes’ (R-Palmer) May 5 email to constituents. It addresses controversial PFD proposals, a less than ideal school funding bill, and the dire fiscal reality that the state now faces after years of
Alaska’s D6 Republicans vote to sanction RINO Sen. President Gary Stevens
While censure resolutions have been made in the past and accomplished absolutely nothing, things may be different this
OPINION: Spending bill would let Alaska schools reap what they did not sow
These are bad faith negotiators. At a time when Alaska finds itself starving on many levels, the education system has decided to strike while the iron is hot and take a giant bite out of the apple while the rest of us sit around and watch it being eaten. How
Alaska bill would let parents anonymously surrender infants in ‘baby box’
In an effort to ensure that newborn infants are not left abandon to die, the Alaska Legislature is considering a bill that would let parents surrender a newborn baby anonymously by placing them in a protective “baby
OPINION: The clock is ticking on Alaska’s Republican Party
Alaska GOP leadership has tacitly endorsed the Democrat-led caucuses in the Alaska legislature. The GOP leadership may not recognize it, but this is a crisis point for them. The voters are not going to tolerate a weak and impotent GOP for much
Alaska’s GOP should follow Georgia’s lead and punish disloyal RINOs
The Alaska Republican Party has a big problem. It cannot effectively police its members when they misbehave, so some RINO politicians take advantage of the weakness within the GOP to advance their own interests to the detriment of the
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