Many citizens believe govt. institutions are infallible, as they provide jobs, manage vast funds and supposedly care for us. This uncritical faith has led to complacency, mediocrity, and entitlement - eroding our willingness to face genuine challenges.

Radical leftists who oppose Trump's tariffs must be reminded or educated about basic principles of social and economic exchanges of human societies from sociological and anthropological perspectives.

While Trump has issued a flurry of orders aimed at cutting federal aid to groups that push LGBTQ ideology, Anchorage Mayor LaFrance has decided to actively solicit funds for nonprofits that back transgender ideology on Alaska’s most vulnerable youth.

Alaska State Troopers released the names of all 10 people who died in the Feb. 6 plane crash outside of Nome, a tragedy that has rocked communities across the region.

The ongoing effort to locate any sign of the #Nome bound passenger plane that went missing on Thursday is continuing with an “item of interest” having been identified on Friday morning, Feb. 7.

The conservative GOP legislators in Juneau still have one last card to play. It is the atom bomb of Alaska politics, and now it is time to use it.

While board members blamed lack of funding and staffing shortages for needing to shutter the schools, many parents are upset with the direction the left-leaning board has embraced in recent years.

Alaska House Bill 69 would increase the per-pupil funding from $5,960 to $8,510 over three years. That’s a $1,800 jump (or 43% increase). The added cost to the state would be nearly $1.5 billion, with no reform measures for Alaska's failing public schools.

Quincy Bird is representing President Trump in his defamation lawsuit against Pulitzer. He is the brother of Alaskan lawyer and former Chief of Staff for Anchorage Mayor Bronson, Mario Bird, and the son of talk-show host and opinion columnist, Bob Bird.

Students access their phones to cheat on exams, play video games, scroll social media sites and text fellow classmates during classroom hours. Additionally, an alarming number of students use phones to produce and distribute sexually explicit images.

Every kid that leaves standard public schools for home or private school saves Alaska at least $20K, with more savings in rural Alaska. Fewer schools and fewer teachers would be needed, while giving students an education of their choice.

Hand-count-ONLY advocates in the Kenai Peninsula Borough had until 5 p.m. on Jan. 30 to turn in an additional 190 signatures for their ballot petition. It appears they have more than enough to put the question to voters in the upcoming October election.

States that offer Education Scholarship Accounts, where funds follow the child, see positive outcomes. Parents customize an education package for their child ... Those who choose traditional public schools win, as do those who take a nontraditional route.

In announcing the legislation, Gov. Dunleavy noted that Alaska consistently ranks poorly in national educational outcome assessments, despite having twice the funding per-student of higher-performing states.

One of the provisions requires that all ballots, including absentee and early voting ballots, be counted by 11:59 p.m., Alaska time, on election day. This replaces previous rules that permitted counting to extend indefinitely beyond election day.

Public opinion contrasts with Democrat-controlled majorities in the Alaska House & Senate that are pushing bills to expand massive amounts of money on a new defined benefits pensions for state employees, while growing the education budget to record levels.

Amid chronically low student assessment scores, radical DEI and LGBTQ programming and deep concerns about parental rights, the Fairbanks School District has seen a mass exodus of families who have opted for homeschool or private education.

Trump has shown Alaska's GOP party leaders how to deal with 7 Republicans who joined Democrat-led coalitions in the AK Legislature. So far, they have failed to punish anyone. This inaction gives tacit approval to 7 traitors, and betrays voters' intentions.

Registered Kenai Borough voters can sign the hand-count ballot petition at Ammo Can Coffee in Soldotna (35559 Kenai Spur Hwy). Those who wish to sign can do so during business hours (6 a.m.-5 p.m.) on Jan. 29, and up until about 2 p.m. on Jan. 30.

In an effort get RFK, Jr. across the finish line, a grassroots group of Alaskans have organized in support of his nomination. They are urging Sen. Lisa Murkowski to support a man who is deeply committed to advocating for the vaccine-injured community.