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Opinion: Let’s think more critically about onsite pot consumption

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Opinion: Let’s think more critically about onsite pot consumption

An issue of this magnitude mandates public hearings.

Tammy Green

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Opinion: We can’t ‘veto’ away our state’s Medicaid program

Alaskans deserve better.

Opinion: Restore reasonable funding for the university of Alaska

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Opinion: Restore reasonable funding for the university of Alaska

Precipitously cutting these scholarships is a significant violation of trust.

Opinion: Thanks to the new crime bill, it’s our time

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Opinion: Thanks to the new crime bill, it’s our time

We as a society have lost true meaning of respect.

Over hundred people attend a rally starting at the Capitol to protest budget vetoes by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday, July 12, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: The new PFD class divide

Dunleavy’s dividing Alaskans.

Opinion: How we fight wildfires needs to change

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Opinion: How we fight wildfires needs to change

The time for action is now.

Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon speaks during a rally in front of the Capitol calling for an override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes on the first day of the Second Special Session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau on Monday, July 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Earthquakes, Dunleavy’s vetoes and municipal budgets

Even though we are the capital city, we can’t call all the shots.

Opinion: Fantasy budgets don’t work for Alaska

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Opinion: Fantasy budgets don’t work for Alaska

Do the math.

Opinion: Dunleavy’s budget will cost us in the long run

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s budget will cost us in the long run

Shortsighted budgeting.

Opinion: Don’t turn our heads away from our elders

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Opinion: Don’t turn our heads away from our elders

There is an apparent contempt for the oldest members of our community.

Opinion: To save kids’ lives, override Dunleavy’s vetoes

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Opinion: To save kids’ lives, override Dunleavy’s vetoes

Dunleavy is trying to break Alaska with an extreme ideological agenda.

Opinion: Override Dunleavy’s budget vetoes now!

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Opinion: Override Dunleavy’s budget vetoes now!

Our choice is clear.

Opinion: Stand up for our future and override the vetoes

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Opinion: Stand up for our future and override the vetoes

Dunleavy’s vetoes are indiscriminately cruel and unnecessary.

Jeff Short. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s vetoes carry great risk

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Opinion: It’s time we earned our PFDs

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Opinion: It’s time we earned our PFDs

Let’s void the notion PFDs are an entitlement.

Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82

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Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82

Celebrating Pride is just as important today as it was in 1969.

Opinion: American exceptionalism, patriotic assimilation and the Fourth of July

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Opinion: American exceptionalism, patriotic assimilation and the Fourth of July

It’s impossible to argue America is not a welcoming country.

Opinion: Stop attacking our reproductive health care

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Opinion: Stop attacking our reproductive health care

I have spent my entire career working with women.

Opinion: Planned Parenthood is wrong on Sullivan. He’s pro-life, but not anti-women.

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Opinion: Planned Parenthood is wrong on Sullivan. He’s pro-life, but not anti-women.

Traditional Christian views are not out of the mainstream of thought.

OPINION: Sen. Dan Sullivan: Pressing the Canadian government to take action on transboundary mining

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OPINION: Sen. Dan Sullivan: Pressing the Canadian government to take action on transboundary mining

It’s imperative these waters stay pristine for generations to come.