SB91 was signed into law in 2016. Now, two years later, we can see its effects everywhere. The Palmer Prison, shown above, was closed in 2016 as a direct consequence …
Yesterday, the legislature approved $1.3 Billion in education funding beginning July 1, 2019. However, they made sure that schools won’t receive a single dollar of that money until they first …
There’s Alaskan innovation, and then there’s stupidity. And what the legislature did today was definitely not innovation. The Legislature ran out of power last year to permanently spend 75% of …
While the end of the 90-Day session went largely unremarked in Juneau over the weekend, the fact that we are so late in the session is, predictably, now being used …
If things continue on their current trajectory, Alaskans will lose their voice on a very significant issue 23 days from now. The Alaska Constitution spells out that the people shall …
Today’s vote to discriminate against independent homeschool graduates is illustrative of why our state continues to struggle in the area of crime and public safety. It’s no secret that …
But perhaps “hijacked” is too nice a word. Hijackers normally reroute a plane rather than simply pointing the nose to the ground and immediately ending the flight without a word …
We Can't Change our Mind on the PFD—We're not Allowed to. The $2,700 PFD was adopted in a 21-19 vote with all members of the House of Representatives present on …
If you want to know why our state economy is having trouble keeping up with our government spending, there are two places you should look. And both of them were …
The Alaska House of Representatives took a timeout this morning because too many of the people’s elected representatives showed up to work today. Wait…Come again? Shouldn’t legislators be showing up …
September 5th, 2026
