How would Alaska’s gubernatorial hopefuls address pandemics?
The current Dunleavy Administration grappled with many unexpected challenges associated with COVID-19. Identify two things you would have done differently to protect personal liberty during the
OPINION: Fairbanks schools’ $11.4M surplus undercuts funding ‘crisis’ narrative
The Fairbanks School District quietly built healthy reserves, while publicly pushing a narrative of crisis - closed schools, outsourced custodial services, rising class sizes, and staff reductions. Taxpayers were told more money was the only
OPINION: Anchorage hands radical libs another election day win, but ….
Despite more efforts being employed by more groups than well...pretty much ever, the Anchorage Assembly and the Anchorage School Board will likely remain as radically liberal as they have been in recent
OPINION: Alaska lawmakers’ priorities are upside down
Alaska lawmakers are looking to get more from taxpayers - again taking a portion of your statutory PFD, and possibly imposing an income tax. They are supporting the public school system to the detriment of homeschoolers, while considering a bill that promotes
Gubernatorial candidates on unlocking Alaska’s resources & diversifying revenue
Alaska faces structural deficits due to volatile oil prices and heavy federal reliance. If elected as Alaska’s chief executive, what concrete steps are you willing and able to take to unlock our resources and diversify the state’s revenue
OPINION: Anchorage’s Hillsdale-affiliated classical school set to pursue the Good, True & Beautiful
With the mission intact, Thomas More Classical School’s vision propels us forward. A new generation of Alaskans educated in the liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in moral character and civic virtue, is a reality we believe will come to pass. As
OPINION: President’s Day and the many men who violated our Constitution
A look at today’s President’s Day is discouraging, but only if you take the Constitution seriously. Today’s standard of what makes an action of the federal government “constitutional” has several different interpretations, all of them
TOP PRIORITY: Alaska Dems want lower threshold to override vetoes
On the first day of the upcoming state legislative session in Juneau, Democrat lawmakers are planning to take up a resolution to amend the Alaska Constitution in order to lower the number of votes they need to override a governor’s veto on appropriation
OPINION: Gen. Washington provides an audacious Christmas lesson for Alaska’s GOP
Alaska voters have little reason to vote for a Republican if they simply hand governance to the Democrat party once down in Juneau. Republicans need to do something to inspire voters, similar to the bold action Washington was forced to
OPINION: Failure to harvest Alaska timber degrades both forest and economy
Walking away from our forests or closing more mills is the worst possible outcome for communities and the environment. Managing them responsibly through sound policy and collaboration is not radical. It is practical, balanced, long overdue and I look forward
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