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The Alaska Watchman publishes news of interest to people of conscience and people of faith. Alaska Watchman is a statewide news agency providing coverage of news and events focused on Alaska. Read commentary and incisive opinions on current social and cultural issues.
Alaska Watchman
3h ago
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…
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Alaska Watchman
13h ago
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…
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Alaska Watchman
22h ago
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.”…
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Alaska Watchman
2d ago
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…
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Alaska Watchman
3d ago
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…
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Alaska Watchman
3d ago
The legal group defending the rights of parents to use state educational allotments to purchase instructional courses and classes at private institutions has vowed to appeal an April 12 lower court decision to the Alaska Supreme Court. On Friday, Alaska Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman ruled that the state’s popular Correspondence School Program violates the Alaska Constitution.
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Alaska Watchman
3d ago
In the aftermath of a court ruling that struck down the entirety of Alaska’s popular state-funded correspondence and homeschool programs, Alaska’s education commissioner said students enrolled in these programs will be able to finish out the year uninterrupted. The April 12 ruling by Alaska Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman has sent shockwaves through Alaska as thousands of families grapple…
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Alaska Watchman
4d ago
Two Anchorage Election Commission meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, April 16. Both meetings will be held at the MOA Election Center at 619 E. Ship Creek Avenue, Door D, which is on the east side of the building. The meetings are scheduled as follows: — 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Election Commission Work session regarding the April 2 Regular Election. — 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
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Alaska Watchman
4d ago
The only major political party founded in Alaska has voted for a change in leadership with a renewed goal of expanding membership ranks and endorsing candidates who are committed to the party’s core values. Founded in the early 1980’s the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) consists of approximately 19,000 members and has enjoyed a resurgence since 2020, when Bob Bird was elected chairman.
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Alaska Watchman
1w ago
The public education system in Alaska and across the nation is nakedly exposed to influences that conflict with our Republic’s most undamental values and traditions. Allowing it to remain unaddressed threatens permanent damage to families, the future of our republic, and without them, the freedoms we have traditionally enjoyed. State constitutional education clauses, which Alaska and every…
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