
Murkowski tries to appease liberals but ultimately backs Justice Barrett for Supreme Court
After echoing a litany of liberal partisan objections for why she opposed seating a new U.S. Supreme Court justice weeks before a presidential election, Sen. Lisa Murkowski begrudgingly voted to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the nation’s highest


Some Anchorage Assembly members want a Jan. 26 special election for mayor
Anchorage Assembly members Crystal Kennedy, Jamie Allard and Kameron Perez-Verdia have submitted a resolution asking their colleagues to approve a special mail-in election on Jan. 26 to allow Anchorage residents the opportunity to choose a new mayor to


Murkowski will begrudgingly vote to confirm Judge Barrett to Supreme Court
Sen. Lisa Murkowski issued high praise for Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 24, calling her “qualified by any objective standard” and saying she will vote to confirm her to the U.S. Supreme Court. Murkowski’s vote has been the subject of national


LGBT activist running against young conservative for House Seat 15 in Anchorage
Liberal Democrat Lyn Franks is vying to become the first openly LGBT state legislator in Alaska. She’s running against Republican David Nelson for House Seat 15 in Anchorage. Franks is endorsed by a slew of far-left liberal groups that want to expand


Deceptive Catholic voter guide misleads Alaskans on abortion
Catholics, who comprise the largest religious group in Alaska, received a misleading voter guide this month, which claims to help roughly 31,000 Alaska Catholics make informed moral decisions during the 2020 state and national elections. But unlike the voter


Wasilla mayor says voters can’t go to poll site unless they mask up
Alaskans who show up to vote in the joint Mat-Su Borough and statewide election must wear a mask in order to cast a ballot at the Wasilla Public Library polling station. Local resident Mike Hensley walked into the library on Oct. 20, the first day of early


Alaska’s bloated voter rolls at 111% according to new Judicial Watch study
According to a new study released by Judicial Watch, Alaska’s voter registration rate exceeds 100% of eligible voters. The study compares the most recent Citizen Voting Age Population numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau to Alaska’s actual number of


Marxism’s connection to ‘white privilege’ doctrine
The privilege many hard-working people have enjoyed in our country is because they applied themselves diligently regardless of their color, gender, ethnicity or race. Today, in America, opportunity is available to nearly everyone. Maybe that was not so true


Judge orders governor to approve more money for Alaska’s courts
In a court case that highlights the system of checks and balances in the Alaska Constitution, Superior Court Judge Jennifer Henderson ordered Gov. Mike Dunleavy to restore $334,700 to the appellate court’s budget. Her ruling came on Oct. 16. Dunleavy had


Alaska Independence Party convention makes pitch for disaffected voters
Party leaders and candidates from the Alaska Independence Party (AIP) met in Wasilla on Oct. 17 for the organization’s first statewide convention in a decade. The gathering of roughly 20 people at Mat-Su Resort occurred just one day after the release of a

