Opinion
Walker and Kelly: If you want to be leaders, show us a balanced budget
I have been following the Juneau Empire editorials on the state budget. Gov. Bill Walker says we need…
Opinion
A Game-Changer in Combating Corruption
Halloween 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the day Martin Luther nailed his theses to the Catholic Church…
Opinion
The rich will get richer: Two tax reform provisions shovel money to millionaires
Remember during the presidential campaign last year when Donald Trump boasted that we should elect him because he…
Opinion
We’re all invited to this party
Thanksgiving is just about here and then, of course Christmas! Regardless of your personal spiritual identity (or lack…
Opinion
Fiscal gap threatens public safety
Alaskans have been hearing a great deal about crime and public safety in the news lately. Some have…
Opinion
Alaskans deserve results: The time to act is now
I read with some satisfaction — and disappointment — Senate President Pete Kelly’s recent opinion piece, “The Sky…
Opinion
Listen up, Walker, Alaska is not for sale
I remember back in the summer, I saw the news reporting Gov. Bill Walker hosting the president of…
Opinion
The sky isn’t falling
About a week ago, Alaskans received some outstanding news. North slope oil production rose for a third consecutive…
Opinion
The real gold of Juneau can’t be mined
“Go, get thee down, for thy people have corrupted themselves,” God said to Moses after burning his laws…
Opinion
The fiscal cliff is here: It’s time to act
Unless the Alaska Legislature acts, the state of Alaska will run out of money at some point in…
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Alaska Artistic License an excellent addition to ASCA’s portfolio
The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) works to ensure that Alaskans benefit from and enjoy the…
Opinion
Developing ANWR, Alaska can strike a balance
This past week, Lt. Gov. Mallott and I were pleased to join our Congressional Delegation in Washington, D.C.…
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So much for Alaska’s ‘citizen’ Legislature
The State Officers Compensation Commission (SOCC) was established by statute in 2009 to “review the salaries, benefits, and…
Opinion
Thumbs up and thumbs down, from Halloween to record-breaking rain response
Thumbs up to the downtown business community For the third year in a row, downtown Juneau businesses gave…
Opinion
Why Senate Bill 91 needs to be repealed
Alaska needs to repeal Senate Bill 91. I say this as a former supporter of the bill. I…
Opinion
Murkowski, Pence and Trump: Wall Street Collaborators
Late last Tuesday night, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Vice President Mike Pence voted to help Wall…
Opinion
Rivers of Greed and Avarice
Republicans and especially conservatives have been screaming for decades about the horrors of the federal debt. Now they…
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Developing infrastructure in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska a top priority
In 1923 President Warren Harding set aside 23 million acres in the middle of the U.S. Arctic as…
Opinion
The flipflopping of American leadership
In a meeting seven months ago, President Donald Trump asked U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan if…
Opinion
Keep working until ‘Justice for All’ is truly the American way
“The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race,” the President tweeted the morning after NFL players…