Alaska Watchman

In his confirmation hearing last week, the first question asked of Alaska’s acting Attorney General Stephen Cox was from Republican Senator Gary Stevens. Stevens asked what the AG could do to address the people’s increasing distrust in government. Trying not to be controversial, Acting AG Cox gave a typical politician’s non-answer. Since Cox failed to answer the question, let...

A student “mental health” bill pushed by prominent left-leaning Alaska Democrats is on the cusp of passing out of the State Legislature. Senate Bill 41, which sailed through the State Senate in a 19-1 vote last month, is now queued up for a final vote in the State House on May 12. Student mental health initiatives, such as SB 41, have been criticized for fostering explicit su...

The so-called “Community and Belonging” department at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) recently put on two events to celebrate a long litany of various races and genders, while excluding straight, white, American Christians. The events caught the attention of the popular conservative watchdog, Libs of TikTok. “Why are taxpayer-funded universities discriminating agains...

With the incredible success of the recent 2026 Alaska March for Life in the rearview mirror, let’s shift our focus to what can be done politically with the civil rights issue of our time. The boots on the ground, which we experienced last month, are needed at the highest level of state government. Proponents of abortion are certainly engaged to be sure. New Mexico Governor Mi...

The argument I keep hearing against the Alaska gasline project sounds simple and, at first glance, reasonable. If it’s worth doing, free enterprise will build it. If it needs public support, then maybe it is not worth it. I get it. Alaskans are not interested in writing blank checks to billion-dollar developers, and they have seen enough big promises fall apart to be skeptica...