For years, I have argued that Ranked Choice Voting, and especially the jungle primary that came with it, rewards political camouflage and punishes political clarity. It encourages candidates to blur ...

I was asked a question during a recent radio interview that I didn’t have time to answer fully, so I’m doing so now. The host asked, since I am a proponent of paying Alaskans a full statutory PFD, ...

Governors in Alaska and around the country regularly issue scores of proclamations to raise awareness of various causes throughout the year. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has already issued 53 ...

The flood of Alaskans filing to become the next governor is continuing to pour into the Alaska Division of Elections, while many Democrat and left-leaning Republican legislators are still running ...

An Eagle River church, which has served the JBER and Chugiak area for the last 41 years, decided to do something a little out of the ordinary after paying off the last of its debt. This past Sunday, ...

The Frontiersman, founded nearly 80 years ago to provide local journalism in the Mat-Su area, has printed its final edition. In a farewell editorial to mark the close of a significant chapter in ...

Did you know that just 12% of the 89,000 paying customers of Chugach Electric vote for the Board Members of this public utility that impacts every customer’s paycheck month in and month out? It should ...

The filing deadline to run in the 2026 statewide election is June 1, so now is an opportune time to see how the race is shaping up to fill the senate seat that will be left open by the retiring Vichy ...

At midnight this past Wednesday, the legislative session in Juneau finally came to an end. The final day of the session is when special interests often cry the loudest and pressure on legislators is ...

Candidates running for open seats on the Golden Valley Electric Association Board of Directors. An influential coalition of climate extremists is working to take control of the energy cooperative that ...

The Alaska Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill to establish safety devices – also known as “baby boxes” – that can provide an additional option for struggling parents who want to safely surrender ...

On May 14, Alaska lawmakers heard public testimony on a proposed bill that aims to establish new “rights” for those who claim to have any number of LGBTQ identities. House Bill 301, which has ...