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Border family separations open old wounds

I want to express my appreciation to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska for opposing the separation of…

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Vote against Ballot Measure One

I read Cook Inlet Keepers’, Stand for Salmon’s, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s pro-House Bill 199 opinion and…

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Border family separations open old wounds

I want to express my appreciation to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska for opposing the separation of…

Letters to the Editor

We all must stop this monstrosity!

The current U.S. policy of ripping crying children from their parents arms because they are illegal immigrants is…

Letters to the Editor

Vote against Ballot Measure One

I read Cook Inlet Keepers’, Stand for Salmon’s, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s pro-House Bill 199 opinion and…

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

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Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable. This was evidenced…

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SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To…

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Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves…

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What ‘Blue Wave’?

We continue to hear that the “Blue Wave” is coming. Secular progressive liberals who are overwhelmingly Democrats would…

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

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Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable.

(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves…

The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t…

Road rebuttal

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Road rebuttal

Ben Brown in a June 3 My Turn put Mayor Bill Overstreet Park and the Juneau Access proposal…

Opinion

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To…

The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t…

Jack Rafuse

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Salmon initiative risks Alaska’s economic future

A niece of mine and her husband have owned a restaurant in Homer for at least 20 years.…

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Vote Yes for Salmon this November

A thick skin is required for this business. Direct competition is part of the job. To survive in…

In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, people seeking political asylum in the United States line up to be interviewed in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the U.S. border south of San Diego. The Trump administration’s fighting words for asylum seekers don’t appear to be having much impact at U.S. border crossings with Mexico. Lines keep growing, so much that U.S. authorities can’t take them all at once. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

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Congress must pass bipartisan reform of our immigration laws

I am outraged to hear of border agents separating immigrant children from their parents. This cynical deterrent splits…

Former Alaska U.S. Sen. Mark Begich answers reporters’ questions after filing to run for governor in the 2018 Democratic primary at the state Division of Elections office on Friday, June 1, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. Begich is a former two-term mayor of Anchorage. He lost his U.S. Senate re-election bid in 2014 to current U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

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Walker, Mallott should get another four years

My first action learning that Mark Begich jumped into the gubernatorial race, thus crowding the field, was to…

Passengers walk off Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Juneau needs to plan now for 2019 tourism growth

It’s time for Juneau to make plans for 1.31 million visitors in 2019 and beyond, a massive 20…