Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Fund Your Future: Mat-Su College Financial Aid Resource Fair
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Governor releases budget
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Gov. Mike Dunleavy released the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027)
School board, assembly get peek at next year’s school funding with $22 million deficit
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Members of Mat-Su’s assembly and its school district board met jointly last
Opinion: Trump’s Big Beautiful Japan trade deal falls short
By Joel Griffith Advancing American Freedom President Donald Trump’s trade deal with Japan will hurt American families. Heralded as
Opinion: Champions of freer markets don't need to champion capitalism
By Joel Schlosberg Opinion “Let Zohran Mamdani’s victory in last week’s Democratic mayoral primary in New York serve
Opinion: There is no possible bailout for the federal government
By S. T. Karnick The Heartland Institute The Trump administration has begun the hard work of moving federal government policy
Keep the Alaska Permanent Fund permanent
By Joe Paskvan Spectrum I strongly oppose the change to Alaska’s Constitution to allow spending from a proposed single-
Alaska legislators look to savings account for deficit fix
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Members of the Alaska Legislature said this week that they’re likely to use the
Stop gaslighting educators: We see what you’re doing
By Rick Morgan Spectrum As the President of the Mat-Su Classified Employees’ Association, I am done watching educators and
New Alaska revenue forecast worsens state’s big projected budget deficits
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon The state of Alaska is still facing a significant budget deficit despite a revised state
As Alaska Legislature tackles education funding, a bigger budget debate looms
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives began debating a bill that would provide a big boost
Does Alaska have a revenue problem or spending problem?
By Bruce Tangeman Spectrum The Legislature reconvened in Juneau a month ago, but months from now, we should expect that