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Boosting Alaskan Families: How the New Infrastructure Law Enhances Your Connectivity and Daily Life Over 21,000 Alaskan households are...
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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New Chapter in U.S. Politics: House Elects Unprecedented Speaker
From Letters From An American, by Heather Cox Richardson Breaking News: The House of Representatives has taken a dramatic turn, electing...
Oct 27, 20231 min read
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Act Now. Send your support for transgender girls in sports.
The Alaska Board of Education has taken a step toward implementing regulations that would exclude transgender girls from participating in...
Jun 21, 20232 min read
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Unity in Diversity: Mat-Su's Call for Forward-Thinking Change
Wednesday night's school board meeting marked a pivotal point in our local politics as major policy changes were passed on a 6-1 vote. A...
Jun 8, 20232 min read
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Power to the People: How Activism Defeated the MSB Gravel Ordinance
In a key victory for residential rights in the deeply conservative Matanuska Susitna Borough (MSB), a controversial gravel ordinance was...
Jun 7, 20232 min read
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Glacial Shifts & Queer Drifts: Adventures of a Progressive in the Mat-Su
I’m so mad. I grew up on a farm in the Texas Panhandle hunting with my 3 brothers, and to be honest we did so many STUPID things. The...
May 30, 20233 min read
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Embrace the Power of Progress: Join Us in Shaping a Better Future
Dear Friend, Are you tired of watching the world move in a direction that conflicts with your values? Does the state of our society, with...
May 28, 20232 min read
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Banning Books in the Mat-Su School District: Time to Act
Come to the MSB School Board meeting on May 24 (this Wednesday) at 6 pm and voice your opposition to the attempt to ban books. The Mat-Su...
May 22, 20232 min read
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GRAVEL PITS LOOMING OVER MAT-SU RESIDENTIAL AREAS
Call to Action: Call your Assembly Member, write them, and come to the MSB Assembly meeting, Tuesday, May 16. Please be aware, this...
May 11, 20234 min read
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Banning Books 2.0: Mat-Su Borough School District
Call to Action. Attend the next Mat-Su School Board meeting on May 24 and fight back on the attempt to ban books in the School District...
May 10, 20232 min read
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Support Mat-Su Teachers, Tonight 5:45 pm
Join the Mat-Su Education Association and the Mat-Su Classified Employees Association at the School Board meeting tonight in Palmer at...
May 3, 20232 min read
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Banning Books: Mat-Su Borough School District
From a letter submitted to the Mat-Su School District Board and Superintendent. See actions to take below the letter. Dear Dr. Trani and...
May 2, 20235 min read
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Assemblyperson Tew's Gravel Pit Ordinance. AGAIN
Mokie Tew just can't give it a break. On May 1, the Mat-Su Borough Planning Commission will again take up the gravel ordinance (OR...
Apr 30, 20233 min read
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Sales Tax to Close Alaska Budget Gap?
In an effort to close the budget gap, it is speculated that Governor Dunleavy will introduce a sales tax bill. There are several tax...
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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Updated Call to Action on LGBTQ+ Rights
HB 99 has a Senate version, SB 108. There are hearings on both bills tomorrow (Monday). And you can give your thoughts on the by-law...
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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Call to Action: Alaska HB 99 to extend Alaska's anti-discrimination statutes to the LGBTQ+ community
Send an email to the House Committee on Community and Regional Affairs at HCRA@akleg.gov supporting HB99. On February 16, 2022, the...
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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