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My Turn: Gov. Walker shouldn’t fleece taxpayers while cutting budget
Gov. Bill Walker, you should be ashamed of yourself for stooping so low to even consider further fleecing…
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ANWR: Let it be
Nearly 20 years ago historian Stephen Ambrose visited Juneau as part of the Alaska Humanities Forum. The author…
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My Turn: Arts council restructuring presents great opportunities
As Alaska faces the most severe fiscal crisis since statehood, Alaskans are responding in a variety of ways.…
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Outside Editorial: Conservative group’s carbon plan gives us hope for climate change action
The following editorial first appeared in The Dallas Morning News: After decades of overwhelming scientific evidence showing that…
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Letter: Drug war disasters re-emerge
“Drug-related property crimes” emerges as the latest scare call from Capitol building operants. An array of poorly correlated…
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My Turn: Smallest of lives
“Here in the arctic, the smallest of lives are miraculous,” said poet Terry Tempest Williams during a trip…
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Outside Editorial: Don’t kill a species-saving law
The following editorial first appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Elections have consequences, as the saying goes, and…
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My Turn: US and Russia: Arctic thaw?
Stepping back from the current tension between the US and Russia, it is useful to consider that the…
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My Turn: First Lady’s Volunteer Awards: Recognizing Alaska’s unsung heroes
I first met Bella Hammond when she came to Valdez in the 1970s to present a First Lady…
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Alaska Editorial: Recognition increasing that state needs new funds to sustain services
This editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: After two years of kicking the can down the…
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Open letter to Sen. Murkowski
Dear Senator Murkowski, We are a group of Alaskan women residing in our state capital, writing to you…
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Letter: Stand with Alaskans and stand with Planned Parenthood
I appreciate Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s recent decision to support repealing the Trump administration’s global gag rule. The global…
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Alaska Editorial: The opioid issue
This editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: It’s an unhappy situation. Gov. Bill Walker has issued…
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Expanding apprenticeship in rural Alaska
We are proud to announce a new statewide training initiative: the Alaska Maritime Apprenticeship Program. Over the past…
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Transboundary mining: Defending Alaska’s interests
It is a big week for Alaska’s capital city. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are in town…
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Letter: The human cost of war
The Vietnam War officially ended on April 30, 1975. Three million, 400,000 Americans served in the Vietnam War.…
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My Turn: Public safety funding needed
We’re lifelong Alaskans, concerned citizens, and police officers. We love Alaska. We take pride in our career, and…
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Outside Editorial: Good, bad and fake news on vaccines
The following editorial appeared in The Sacramento Bee: Childhood deaths have been falling worldwide since 1990. In their…
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My Turn: Alaskans have a right to consent to PFD and fund changes
The Permanent Fund Defenders mission is to educate people about the history and purpose of Alaska’s Permanent Fund…
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My Turn: Unsung guardians of the Last Frontier need and deserve our help
Like many Alaskans, I came to The Last Frontier for an outdoors I could find nowhere else. Alaska’s…