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Ketchikan woman alleges local officials retaliated against her for challenging library books

EducationFebruary 14, 2024

Ketchikan resident Deborah Simon has filed a formal complaint with the Alaska Attorney General’s Office against the City of Ketchikan, the Ketchikan Public Library, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School Board

OPINION: Why is Lady Justice’s blindfold slipping in Alaska?

FeaturedFebruary 27, 2023

We all want our judges to be honest, fair, intelligent and experienced persons who uphold the constitution and the law without bias. Although some individual judges in our state meet this description, why are an increasing number of Alaskans concerned about

Radical climate group presses lawmakers to dismantle Alaska’s fossil fuel industry

FeaturedJanuary 30, 2023

A growing collation of radical environmental and social justice warriors are pressuring Alaska lawmakers to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next 25 years with the ultimate aim of ending fossil fuel extraction and usage and redistributing

Alaska in 2023: Trends, predictions and prescriptions

AbortionJanuary 20, 2023

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

Judge to rule Dec. 9 on whether to dismiss case against Rep. Eastman’s eligibility to hold office

FeaturedDecember 8, 2022

Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna said on Dec. 8 that he will issue his decision Friday on whether to proceed with a case alleging that State Rep. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) is eligible to hold public office. Eastman was reelected to the State House

Conservative Mat-Su voters tell GOP lawmakers to fight despite Democratic controlled Senate

FeaturedDecember 7, 2022

An impassioned group of Mat-Su residents braved heavy snowfall and slick roads to attend a Dec. 5 legislative townhall meeting with six of the eight state legislators from the Mat-Su. Gathered at Real Life Church just outside Palmer, State Representatives

Alaska students are a year behind U.S. average in reading, math

EducationDecember 3, 2022

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum Introduction Late October brought the release of the 2022 results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card. The NAEP is a nationwide assessment

OPINION: Rep. McCabe says Mat-Su road warrior misleads public to advance anti-conservative agenda

FeaturedNovember 12, 2022

In a February 2022 op-ed in the Frontiersman, Mark Kelsey, a former publisher of the Frontiersman, insinuated I was doing something wrong advocating for a road I live on; making the leap that, as a legislator, I was exerting undue influence to get this road

The ‘Volkmer Effect’ on Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat

FeaturedOctober 26, 2022

(EricN Publications) – Who is Harold Volkmer and why should it matter to Alaskans? This past August, in a special election completed through a new ranked voting system, a Democrat was elected to be our representative in Washington. This, in a state,

UPDATE: Eagle River push to break from Anchorage continues on

EducationSeptember 27, 2022

Our summer is ending with fireweed signaling to us that fall is in the air. I want to thank all our volunteers for their hard work at the Bear Paw festival and the parades this summer. Without our volunteers, our effort to govern our own communities would

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