It’s time to decide how will your kids be educated this year
With the first day of school just a few weeks away, Alaska parents have some tough decisions to make. Many have already decided to continue or begin homeschooling or private education. While every family is different, many parents want to avoid the
7.22 > Rise Up for Children July 30th
Here in the Mat-Su most of us live in a comfortable bubble. You might hear about awful things happening once in awhile but in a borough the size of the state of West Virginia, and a state more than twice the size of Texas, there’s so much that goes
Pressure mounts: Alaskans continue rallies in support of PFD payments
The Alaska Legislature is expected to convene for what is likely to be a heated special session, starting Aug. 2. In addition to dealing with state spending limits and looking at new revenue sources, Gov. Mike Dunleavy has made it clear that he wants
Alaska School Choice Convention is about reimagining education, empowering parents
For more than century the U.S. has conducted education by pouring government funds into brick-and-mortar neighborhood public schools. It seemed to work for a time. Education became compulsory so we would feel good about kids not being forced to work in
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
Seward has two city council seats up for grabs in October
Any qualified voter who has lived within the Seward city limits for at least a year prior to Aug. 15, 2021 may file a declaration of candidacy for one of two available city council seats that will be filled at the next regular election, Oct. 5. Council seats
Series looks at who calls the shots in running Anchorage
How do the gears of governmental bureaucracy work in Anchorage? Who calls the shots when deciding which social programs to fund or how schools are run? How can residents weigh in? All these questions and more will be explored during a six-part community
Want to change Juneau? Now is the time to file for assembly or school board seats
Juneau’s borough assembly and school board have long been in firm control of left-leaning politicians. That could begin to change, however, if solid conservatives mount campaigns for upcoming mayoral, assembly and school board seats this fall. Earlier this
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
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