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Alaska officials field COVID questions on pregnancy, fetal cell lines, herd immunity & return to normalcy
Should pregnant or nursing moms get the COVID-19 vaccine? Were vaccines developed using cells from aborted babies? How long until Alaska reaches herd immunity? When can we return to normal? These were just some of the questions that a team from Alaska’s
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Alaska’s chief justice to face Legislature amid ongoing dispute over abortion funding
Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Joel Bolger will address the full Alaska Legislature on Feb. 17 when he delivers the annual “State of the Judiciary” at 11 a.m. in the Senate Chamber. This will be Bolger’s final address to the Legislature as he
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Public testimony unanimously favors changing how Alaska chooses judges
Public testimony in a recent Senate Judiciary hearing was unanimously favored altering how Alaska selects appellate and district court judges. The Feb. 15 hearing dealt with Senate Bill 14, introduced by Sen. Mike Shower (R-Wasilla). The measure looks to curb
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Anchorage Assemblyman Dunbar mocks constituents in newly released emails
An newly released email thread between Anchorage Assembly members Forest Dunbar and Christopher Constant shows the two men mocking and belittling conservative constituents who opposed the Assembly’s plan last summer to use federal CARES Act funds to buy and
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Murkowski will introduce resolution that could effectively enshrine abortion into US Constitution
On the 48th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that legalized abortion across the nation, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced, Jan. 22, that she will introduce a resolution in the U.S. Senate to approve the Equal Rights Amendment which
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OPINION: Elections Still Matter
This past week has been traumatic. Last Wednesday protestors forcefully entered the United States Capitol building and occupied offices and the chambers in an illegal act of defiance over the 2020 presidential elections. These people were not terrorists, they
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Juneau seeks social justice warriors to vet all laws for possible ‘systemic racism’
Juneau is looking for people who think they have a knack for spotting and rooting out racism and perceived inequalities, no matter how subtle they may appear to be. The borough is now in the process of recruiting social justice activists to serve three year
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Anchorage libraries hosting 2021 events that cast America as racist at heart
The radical woke agenda of Anchorage area libraries will be on full display this year as the publicly funded institution begins a community-wide program for adults and children which consists of reading and discussing a book that claims America was founded
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Alaska health professionals face questions about vaccine side effects
Professionals from Alaska’s Dept. of Health and Social Services faced a wide range of COVID vaccine questions from the public during a Dec. 30 Zoom meeting. A number of queries centered around side effects people may experience after receiving the vaccine,
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ACLU’s holiday video mocks Christians, pro-lifers and traditional marriage supporters
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has a reputation in Alaska and across the country for attacking pro-life laws, undermining traditional marriage and eroding basic religious freedoms. In Alaska they have asked the courts to allow Satan prayers at