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 ...

This “Our Common Purpose” report is pure progressive power grab unashamedly wrapped in red, white, and blue. Seventy-four pages of elite liberal wish-casting, it lays out a plan to dismantle the ...

One of the things the government shutdown has shown us is just how badly the government spends our tax dollars. Examples of SNAP and EBT fraud have been in the news, but as bad as these problems are, ...

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 ...

Alaska State Rep. David Nelson (R-Anchorage) has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2026, which leaves the door open for a strong conservative candidate to take his place. It also opens the ...