Nov 23, 2024 · Now is the time push for legislation that codifies into law (without ambiguity) Alaska’s rights to mineral, oil and gas development on state and federal lands and access over both state and federal lands must be granted.

Jan 3, 2025 · It is expected that they will go up initially. The pain they will cause is expected. But the long-term effects will be positive. Re-establishing our ability to manufacture our own goods and maintain energy independence will not immediately bring relief to our pocketbooks, but the long-term goals are worth suffering for, especially if we consider future generations of Americans (which we are ...

Dec 11, 2024 · With beautiful cinematography and a peek inside the life of a Catholic priest, the film takes audiences alongside the friars as they battle exhaustion, frozen roads, high winds, and a tight schedule to make Christmas possible for those who would otherwise go without the center piece of the season.

6 days ago · Some of Alaska’s leading voices on educational choice and parental rights have written letters to Alaska lawmakers urging them to oppose House Bill 69, which seeks to direct hundreds of millions of public dollars into the state education budget, but without requiring any reforms to a chronically failing government-run school system.. Sponsored by nearly a dozen far-left lawmakers in the ...

Oct 2, 2024 · All qualified absentee and questioned ballots will be counted on October 8, which could also impact several other races. Conservative Borough Assembly Candidate Tammie Wilson was narrowly ahead of Garret Armstrong – 50.7% to 49%, while left-leaning Assembly candidate Kristan Kelly was slightly ahead of conservative Jimi Cash – 50.5% to 49.1%.

Dec 2, 2024 · Alaska can look forward to far fewer babies and many more older people over the next quarter century. According to a new report by Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the agency is predicting its first-ever long-term statewide population decline.. Alaska’s long-term population projections show the state declining from about 737,000 people in 2023 to 723,000 by 2050, a 2 ...

Oct 25, 2024 · Of the 19 judges who are up for retention election this year, none have generated the heated controversy and opposition that surrounds Anchorage Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman – the man who issued a ruling this past April which threatened to undermine the state’s popular homeschool allotment program.

Nov 12, 2024 · You’re confusing two seperate reforms that were put together. Ranked Choice Voting is not the same thing as open primaries. Ranked Choice Voting is simply a form a of instant run-off voting which fixes the spoiler problem so that the final candidate will have a majority of the votes when their are multiple candidates spliting the votes.

Feb 3, 2025 · Ms. Hughes, Our homeschooling family would like to see more information about the proposed ESA’s as soon as possible. We would like to know the reality with regard to the launch date of this ESA option: Trump’s Executive order indicated that it must be in place by 25-26 school year, therefore can we expect this to launch by July 1st when most school/program enrollments within the state begin?

Oct 30, 2024 · The driver of high taxes begins & ends with the “wants vs. needs” population within the tax boundary. I live in Anchorage and, for example – we have broken down plows, parts delayed, not enough drivers to operate them.