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Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford

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Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford

Lower PFD would balance budget, allow funding of core services.

Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life

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Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life

“This cannot be happening to me.”

Keep funding the WWAMI program

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Keep funding the WWAMI program

I hope the Legislature recognizes the value that locally educated physicians add to our health care system.

Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage

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Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage

Bristol Bay’s fish, wildlife and economic prosperity are at stake.

Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal

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Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal

Politicians are in pursuit of a mythical creature called efficiency.

Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

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Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

Current criminal laws tie our hands, state prosecutors say.

Opinion: A public vote on the PFD is worse than doing nothing

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Opinion: A public vote on the PFD is worse than doing nothing

You can have your cake and eat it too — you just have to pay for the cake.

Opinion: The solution to every problem isn’t always spending more money

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Opinion: The solution to every problem isn’t always spending more money

Alaska government ‘investments’ versus ‘expenditures.’

Opinion: Support a strong University of Alaska

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Opinion: Support a strong University of Alaska

We must keep UA from permanent harm due to lack of funding.

Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

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Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

Our democracy cannot properly function on distrust.

Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

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Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

Congress can find a bipartisan way to formerly condemn Trump.

Opinion: Twenty years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

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Opinion: Twenty years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

A red flag law could address Alaska’s epidemic of gun violence.

Opinion: Defend the PFD and Permanent Fund, or lose them both

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Opinion: Defend the PFD and Permanent Fund, or lose them both

Stop the looting.

Opinion: We are an Alaska Native Corporation that backs Pebble Mine. Here’s why.

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Opinion: We are an Alaska Native Corporation that backs Pebble Mine. Here’s why.

Our leadership doesn’t have the luxury of making emotional decisions.

Opinion: Override Trump’s veto of US involvement in Yemeni war

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Opinion: Override Trump’s veto of US involvement in Yemeni war

America is helping to make the humanitarian crisis worse.

Opinion: Just say no to onsite marijuana consumption

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Opinion: Just say no to onsite marijuana consumption

Using marijuana at a store is different than having a beer at the Red Dog.

Opinion: Forget awareness, sexual assault survivors deserve real change

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Opinion: Forget awareness, sexual assault survivors deserve real change

Awareness is not enough.

Opinion: Pass Gov. Dunleavy’s constitutional amendments

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Opinion: Pass Gov. Dunleavy’s constitutional amendments

They are the most important issue this legislative session.

Opinion: Peer-to-peer car rental companies need to face, not hide, facts

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Opinion: Peer-to-peer car rental companies need to face, not hide, facts

Bill in Alaska Legislature ensures a level playing field.

Opinion: Doing nuclear energy right requires global paradigm shift

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Opinion: Doing nuclear energy right requires global paradigm shift

Earth must be treated as a home for all, not a resource for rich, powerful nations.