Opinion
A better future for the holidays
Alaskans are on the verge of seeing the oil-rich coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)…
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Let’s end 2017 on a high note
Health care dominated the headlines this summer and although the cameras turned off and the media largely tuned…
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Are you being fooled?
Have you ever wondered why every year since Gov. Bill Walker took office the state’s estimated budget deficit…
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Clean up, closure of the Tulsequah Chief is long overdue
Toxic acid mine drainage (AMD) leaking from the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine in British Columbia has been flowing…
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How the oil industry benefited from tax progressivity
Don’t kick an industry that’s down on its luck. That’s one of the main messages two advocacy organizations…
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Don’t dampen Alaska’s innovation
Imagine you’re starting a business in a new field. For years, you work to hone your product. You…
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How Alaskans can help save the state’s distillery industry
The Alaska craft spirits industry is stronger than it’s ever been, with new distilleries opening each year providing…
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Grateful for what we have
With all the negative economic news making headlines in Alaska, sometimes it’s tough to stay positive. But we…
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Alaska’s budget and fiscal report card
This week, the Walker-Mallott Administration will release its fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. Ahead of that release, we…
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There’s no better gift than a great education
It’s not on the kids’ holiday wish lists. It’s not something they whisper in Santa’s ear. But it’s…
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Three years of reductions: Isn’t that enough?
What does it all mean? Where are we? Eghads. If we’ve really cut 44 percent (we haven’t) then…
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The pipe dream: A bad penny
Despite a $2.7 billion dollar budget deficit and Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, bent on spending the last of…
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Working with China on oil is dangerous
As I read Gov. Walker’s opinion in the Juneau Empire (Dec. 5, “Alaska LNG: The time is now”)…
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Legislating in the echo chamber
The bipartisan Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation estimates the tax bill passed by the U.S. Senate last weekend…
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Protecting salmon is part of doing business
In-mid August, when the silvers are running strong, we park the Kenworth, power down the chainsaws and head…
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Westlake should resign
“Sweetheart.” “Honey.” “Baby.” How are we supposed to get any work done when you’re “dressed like that?” We’re…
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Let’s not ruin Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
Standing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge some years back, I watched in wonder…
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Logging doesn’t need to expand
Late last year, the U.S. Forest Service finalized the latest amendment to the Tongass Land and Resource Management…
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Miners need assurance they can produce minerals for the nation
This week, reason prevailed and the American minerals supply chain won. After being forced into a nonsensical rulemaking…
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Alaska LNG: The time is now
Alaska now has the necessary alignment for the Alaska gasline LNG project. Mid-June 1970: one of the most…