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Opinion: Questionable property assessments by CBJ deserve a grand jury investigation

Imagine if the price of unleaded gasoline increased 20% tomorrow to $4.80 per gallon. Most of us would…

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Opinion: Telephone Hill homes worth preserving

Telephone Hill homes worth preserving

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Opinion: Time to prevent the circular firing squad

Time to prevent the circular firing squad

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Rebuttal: Ignell ignorant about realities of Juneau’s housing market

Rebuttal: Ignell ignorant about realities of Juneau’s housing market

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Sustainability report is a greenwashing effort

Report leaves out “the not-so-pretty.”

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Considering North Douglas crossing alternatives

This new highway project will be scrutinized differently than others during the past 30 years.

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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City leaders seem determined to drive cost of living even higher with their tax-and-spend appetites.

Opinion: How to make Juneau less affordable

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Why the ‘tree’ bill won’t grow revenue

Most legislators seem to recognize that this isn’t the commencement of a visionary plan.

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Opinion: Simple math points to more equitable tax plan

To me it seems like simple math.

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Opinion: Misinterpreting the Second Amendment

This is a response to the editorial by David Bugg in the May 3, 2023 edition of the…

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The false gods in America’s gun culture

HB 61 is a solution in search of a problem.

This photo shows Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Jim Cockrell. (Courtesy photo / Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Opinion: Honoring the 69 peace officers who have died serving Alaskans

They are not forgotten.

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Connecting the dots on Alaska’s higher cost of living

If locally elected officials fail to recognize these connections, it will exacerbate the problem

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Sales tax proposal defies logic

Nor does it even make horse sense.

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Opinion: Seafood Producers Cooperative responds to WFC ruling

“I want to convey our great disappointment…”

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Opinion: Vic Fischer at 99 continues to leave his imprint on Alaska

In honor of Vic Fischer turning 99, I will continue to do my part in making Alaska the…

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Opinion: The relationship between financial literacy and paying taxes

Paying state and local taxes will be part of the household budgets they learn to manage.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a news conference in which options for a long-range fiscal plan were discussed. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Tax talk should be paired with PFD pragmatism

Alaska is 30 years into state budget deficits, borrowing billions from savings to pay the bills.

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Opinion: Thank you, homemaker-moms

Please value any homemaker-moms you know, and not just on Mother’s Day…

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Opinion: Alaska has bright future if we keep oil taxes competitive

It’s time to keep our eye on the future…