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Alaska Editorial: Oil won’t save us
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: A report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
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My Turn: Help put Alaska on a path to recovery
I had an extremely moving meeting in Washington, D.C. last fall with a group of Alaskan women. They…
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My Turn: NATO needed as much today as ever
As the world becomes increasingly more complicated, and troubles in one place seem to jump around the globe…
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My Turn: Climate Change is a moral issue
The City and Borough of Juneau is now considering the Juneau Community Energy Plan. Our community must now…
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My Turn: Authentically divided parties
Party unity. After a long and often ugly primary process, that’s what both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton…
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My Turn: Bring the Ancient One home
The threads of history, culture and ancestry form a timeless and unbreakable weave in Native American life. The…
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My Turn: We can’t live tax-free anymore
The political and public debate over Alaska’s fiscal future is too focused on too many of us protecting…
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Alaska Editorial: Gov. Walker is the one leading in the fiscal crisis. Legislators? Not at all.
The following editorial first appeared in The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: There really is only one adult in the…
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My Turn: Together, Alaskans can build a legacy that we can be proud of
Alaskans know it. I was born and raised here, and I can see it clear as day. Our…
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Alaska Editorial: Timber moves
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: Alaska needs its industry — big and small.…
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My Turn: 26 years later, assessing the ADA
When President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990, he said, “Let…
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My Turn: The mining industry wants it both ways
The Pebble Partnership has grabbed headlines recently, attacking an Environmental Protection Agency scientist and claiming EPA somehow violated…
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Empire Editorial: On health care, please clap
When was the last time you cheered the fact that the price of something rose 10 percent? That…
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My Turn: Kudos to those willing to tackle tough issues – how can we help?
Juneau is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. It offers an idyllic waterfront setting with…
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Empire Editorial: Legislature did a D+ job in 2016
No session of the Alaska Legislature is perfect. This one was far from it. Two years ago, we…
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My Turn: Alaska Wilderness League disregards Alaskans
When it comes to Arctic policy and developing Alaska’s offshore resources, the Alaska Native perspective has been overwhelmingly…
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My Turn: Reinbold is wrong about Alaska’s criminal justice reform
Rep. Lora Reinbold recently argued in the Juneau Empire and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that Senate Bill 91 (criminal…
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Letter: Love thy neighbor and support the ordinance
The other evening, I was having dinner with some friends. These friends truly follow in the path of…
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My Turn: How Juneau police, and our community, must respond to recent tragedies
Last week, there was an ambush of police officers in Dallas, resulting in the murder of five Dallas…
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My Turn: ‘Disgusted’ with Alaska House’s inaction
After reading your article “House adjourns without deficit fix,” I am disgusted with the House and especially with…