Anchorage’s top election official is attempting to defend the city’s novel vote-by-phone policy, after a Nov. 13 New York Times article highlighted concerns and criticisms with the controversial ...

Alaskans across the state are being inundated with disturbing flyers, warning them to get shots and vaccines before its too late. The recent mailers contain a litany of ominous warnings, aimed at ...

For years, Alaska’s education establishment has perfected the art of crying poverty while sitting atop one of the most bloated bureaucratic structures in the country. The chorus is always the same – ...

Alaska Rep. Nick Begich was among the 222 U.S. Congressmen who voted on Nov. 12 to end the country’s longest-ever government shutdown. A total of 209 lawmakers voted against reopening the government, ...

The most important aspect of the ethnohistory of the people of the high north was the process of exploration and colonization of Siberia and Alaska by the Russian empire officials. Exploration of the ...

Every time Alaska’s education bureaucracy finds itself cornered by poor results, it reaches for a familiar escape hatch: “evidence-based.” It’s the talisman that turns spending requests into virtue.

This analysis by Alaska Policy Forum looks at an urgent issue for Anchorage, which is considering a new short-term rental tax next week. That may seem like an easy fix for housing, but in reality, it ...

On Oct 29, a 11 a.m., the Alaska Supreme Court heard a case in which the justices will decide whether to allow advanced practice clinicians – including nurse practitioners – to administer the deadly ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reportedly on the verge of banning biological males from competing in females athletic events. According to a recent report from BBC Sport, the IOC’s ...

Alaska State Sen. Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) has announced that he is running for governor in 2026. As one of the most liberal members of the State Legislature, Claman has long spearheaded the effort ...

Alaska Attorney Gen. Stephen Cox finds it deeply concerning that the state’s largest school district has failed to endorse a simple flyer for students that contains the U.S. Constitution and the ...

Alaska Attorney Gen. Stephen Cox finds it deeply concerning that the state’s largest school district is refusing to endorse the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of The Alaska Watchman aims to ...