The Alaska State Senate passed a bill that would let schools bypass parental consent and either recommend or actually deliver psychological and psychiatric therapy to children without obtaining parental consent. Approved in a 14-5 vote on April 24, Senate Bill 240 would empower a “mental health professional working within the public school system” to obtain consent for treatment from teens… Source ..read more

My good friend in Kiev (former Soviet Union), Slava Pilman, was a promising and struggling visual artist. In the early 1970s, he admired Western art of the mid-19th and early 20th centuries, but he had no passion and tolerance for the Socialist Realism style. From about the early 1930s to the mid-late 1980s, Socialist Realism was the official cultural doctrine of the Soviet Union. Source ..read more

Earlier this month, during a budget session in the Alaska House, Rep. David Eastman of Wasilla offered an important amendment to help grand juries exercise their broad constitutional powers under Article I, Section 8, of Alaska’s Constitution. His amendment #1 to Amendment 135 proposed allocating one million dollars from the legislature’s operating budget to grand juries… Source ..read more

In a move aimed at enforcing radical gender ideology mandates in schools across the nation, President Biden’s Department of Education has finalized new regulations that prohibit discrimination based on a person’s so-called “gender identity.” Issued on April 19, the new regulations take effect Aug. 1, and could have a significant impact on Alaska’s K-12 school system, as well as universities… Source ..read more

The State of Alaska has asked the U.S. District Court in Alaska to find the Environmental Protection Agency’s order on State land in Bristol Bay unlawful. The order prohibits and restricts development of state-owned land on 309 square miles in southwestern Alaska. “The Alaska Constitution requires that the state manage its resources for the maximum benefit of its people, and reliance on our… Source ..read more

Editor’s note: As modern global elites champion powerful and defiant women, this series features Alaskan women who leavening the world with that particular love unique to the “genius of women.” Click the links to read parts one and two and three and four. Shirley Piaskowski was an Alaskan homesteader whose resilient spirit, love for God, and dedication to family were fondly recalled during… Source ..read more

Of the 73,022 ballots received in the recent Anchorage election, the city’s five-member election commission voted to reject a total of 1,087. The rejected ballots include 602 with signature discrepancies and 336 with “various issues,” such as voters being registered outside of the municipality and packages postmarked after election day, April 2. William Northrop… Source ..read more

One of Alaska’s most radical climate-alarmist organizations is throwing its endorsement behind two like-minded candidates running to serve on the powerful Chugach Electric Association Board of Directors. The Alaska Center is catch-all organization that advocates for a whole host of progressive causes including extreme opposition to fossil fuels and a transition to so-called “green energy.”… Source ..read more

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is prepared to fight for the ability of Alaskan parents to access a publicly-funded homeschool education for their children, including the ability to purchase courses and instruction from private and religious institutions and organizations. In a fiery April 17 press conference, the governor laid out several options that his administration is prepared to pursue if the… Source ..read more

As the legislature continues into the chaotic closing weeks of the 2024 session, Alaska Family Council is following three bills that support parental rights and the dignity of the most vulnerable citizens in our state … those who haven’t been born yet. HB105. In March 2023, Governor Dunleavy introduced this bill which will recognize the authority of parents to: determine whether their child… Source ..read more