Despite funding transgender surgery on minors, Alaska backs Arkansas attempt to ban it
Despite recently agreeing to use Alaska’s public funds to pay for transgender surgeries and cross-sex hormones – including for children – Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration is now supporting an Arkansas law that bans doctors from offering puberty
Alaskans have options this week to weigh in on PFD, state budgets
Alaskans have multiple opportunities, both through official channels and grassroots rallies, to offer opinions on how Alaska should move forward with regard to the Permanent Fund Dividend and future state budgets. On the official front, four upcoming public
Seward teen advances to Olympic finals in 100M breaststroke
At age 17, Seward’s Lydia Jacoby is now among the top eight women who will face off in tonight’s 100-meter breaststroke final with a chance to take home an Olympic medal. Jacoby posted the second fasted time in the semifinals at 105:52. She beat fellow
Anchorage Assemblyman Rivera takes aim at white males in public office
Anchorage Assemblyman Felix Rivera spent part of this past Sunday railing against the fact that white men run for and are elected to political office. Rivera, a Hispanic man who identifies as LGBTQ, issued his comments during a one-hour online forum hosted by
Effective communication in America requires a commitment to understanding other cultures
Cross-cultural communication requires a knowledge of how culturally different people groups communicate with each other. The study of other languages helps us understand what people and societies have in common, and it has profound implications in developing
Major issues to tackle at an Alaska Constitutional Convention
In 2022, Alaskans will vote on whether to hold a statewide constitutional convention. The following is a list of issues we should consider addressing. A number of these concerns are shared by many conservatives, not just Alaskans. They address not only our
State blasts Biden’s ’arbitrary’ move to block Alaska logging jobs
President Joe Biden’s administration announced, July 15, that it will ban all large-scale old growth timber sales in the Tongass National Forest in order to address climate change concerns. The plan includes reinstating the 2001 Roadless Rule in the 9.2
An Alaska Constitutional Convention: How to choose delegates? (part 3)
The U.S. Constitution’s famous preamble begins with “We the People of the United States.” That opening line was controversial then and remains so today. It presumed a homogenous, uniform people belonging to a single nation. It obscured the role of the
7.8 > A Constitutional Convention
We recently embarked on a deep dive into the possibilities, the opportunities and the dangers of what a successful vote to hold a constitutional convention next year in 2022 could look like. For conservatives, like me, it seems an endlessly frustrating
Kenai School Board to vote on plan to punish perceived discrimination, including non-verbal
The Kenai School Board is set to vote on a set of new policies aimed at expanding the district’s power to clamp down on what it deems to be instances of discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying. At the upcoming July 12 meeting, school board
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