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Voters in Alaska’s deep red Mat-Su and Eagle River communities weigh in at the polls

  • Corinne Smith

In Southcentral Alaska, voters in some of Alaska’s most conservative regions, including the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Eagle River, cast their votes in Tuesday’s primary election. Many voters said one of their biggest challenges was deciding which of the 17 candidates for governor they would like to vote for. Voters also said they found the crowded […]

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The real problem in Alaska schools: school boards

  • R. Brett Stirling

The Mat-Su school board recently passed a policy to arm classroom teachers. I’ve been struggling to find the right word to describe it. The district claims the policy is about “maintaining a safe and secure learning environment.” In a profession obsessed with research-based decision making, nothing supports the claim that armed teachers make schools safer, […]