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My Turn: A great state needs a great university
In a few short weeks, more than 4,600 students will cross graduation stages all across Alaska and begin…
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My Turn: Combating Alaska’s epidemic of sexual violence
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It gives us all the opportunity to show our support to survivors…
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My Turn: Military investments in Alaska should help us weather economic challenges
Alaska is facing tough economic times. Budgets are being squeezed, workers are being laid off, and families are…
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My Turn: Trying times for Alaska
I watched Gov. Bill Walker’s State of the Budget address and the rebuttal from the Alaska Legislature. The…
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My Turn: The science and stories of climate change
Another sign of Arctic warming was reported in the Alaska Dispatch last week. According to a new study…
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Empire Editorial: Tough choices ahead
If you’re like us, you’ve been focusing your attention on the tough choices being made in the Alaska…
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My Turn: ‘Yes we can’ get the change we work for
Our 2015-16 presidential campaign seems to herald a new change. There is an adage to apply: “If we…
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My Turn: Alaska’s Budget: Big talk, little cuts
The governor and the Legislature have both professed that a combination of budget cuts and revenue options will…
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My Turn: The reason for concealed carry on campus
Amanda Collins was a young college student in Nevada when she was brutally attacked and raped at gunpoint…
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My Turn: SB174 is bad legislation whether you’re for or against guns on campus
The pro and anti-guns on campus debate misses an important point: A bill can be a bad bill…
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Alaska Editorial: Critical neglect in the Arctic
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: There aren’t very many areas of national defense…
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ERC Editorial: Unifying Juneau: An empty promise?
A major theme of the candidates for mayor in our recent special election was about the need to…
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Empire Editorial: Overtime is OK
The Alaska Legislature didn’t gavel out on Sunday at the end of its 90th regular day, and that’s…
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My Turn: Stand for sex-ed
A teenage pregnancy rate in Alaska is higher than the national average. We also have the most chlamydial…
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Alaska Editorial: Balancing the fish board scales
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion: How is it that a nominee to the Board…
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My Turn: Degrading Alaska’s future: What the Legislature’s cuts to the university really mean
Let’s imagine that the House and Senate Finance committees both decide that they cannot trust the University of…
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My Turn: No sidelines in fight against climate change
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans hit the streets to protest the environmental effects of more than…
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Empire Editorial: New taxes will happen, but by whom?
One way or another, Alaskans will be taxed. The Legislature should decide how much. On Wednesday, the Senate…
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My Turn: The dark side of SB 91 and HB 205
In response to Kara Nelson’s column in the Juneau Empire on March 31, I wish to tell you…
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My Turn: Production matters
In recent weeks, pronouncements about Alaska’s oil and gas industry are made daily, often loudly, by people, some…