Year: 2025 - Alaska Watchman
To mark the 52nd Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, Anchorage pro-life advocates are aiming to fill the sidewalks around Alaska largest abortion clinic for a candlelight vigil. When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in ...
More death, fewer babies and out-migration expected to erode …
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 ...
FAIRBANKS RESULTS: Voters limit borough tax powers, but …
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%.
Voter guide shows where AK candidates’ stand on school choice, …
Oct 21, 2024 · With early voting underway, now is a good time to revisit Alaska’s most sweeping voter guide to date. First released by Alaska Family Council, just before the August primary, the voter guide contains invaluable information on where candidates stand on vital social issues related to abortion, religious liberty, parental rights, ranked-choice voting, LGBTQ policies and …
What do Alaskans really pay in taxes? - Alaska Watchman
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.
UPDATE: Ranked Choice repeal remains on track to pass
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.
Reporting delays fuel frustration over fate of Alaska’s ranked …
Nov 8, 2024 · Three days after the General Election, Alaskans remain in the dark about whether voters successfully repealed the state’s controversial ranked-choice voting system, and whether Nick Begich has defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola.
Year: 2025 - Page 2 - Alaska Watchman
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Both Dems and GOP see Begich v. Peltola race as major key to …
Oct 30, 2024 · With all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives up for election this year, the race between Alaska’s Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich is seen as a key to controlling the People’s House for the next two years.
‘My faith is not a disorder’ - AK Principal of the Year who was …
Jan 2, 2025 · Good for her! Start with the family and the Judge. No psycho evaluation before that took place. The injection issue is a product of poor decision making on the part of Anchorage Assembly and the idiots who were elected after the assembly allowed that detainment treatment without regard to the rights of any individual or problem set.