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The nameplate of Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, at a hearing in Washington on Feb. 27, 2025. While “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returned to ABC on Sept. 23, Carr has promised to continue his campaign against what he sees as liberal bias in broadcasts. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

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My Turn: Freedom vanishing: The authoritarian takeover has begun

The warning signs are everywhere

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Letter to the Editor: Charlie Kirk’s voice cannot be silenced

All Americans should abhor political violence

Win Gruening (courtesy)

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Opinion: New city hall plan deserves voter scrutiny

In a Committee of the Whole meeting on Sept. 8, CBJ Assembly members voted to advance an ordinance…

City and Borough of Juneau City Hall is photographed on July 12, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire file)

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My Turn: We know the City’s finances. We think the stakes couldn’t be higher in this year’s local election

The ballot will ask voters three questions that seek to change how Juneau collects the money needed for…

Pins supporting the repeal of ranked choice voting are seen on April 20, 2024, at the Republican state convention in Anchorage. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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My Turn: Juneau doesn’t need ranked choice voting

Save taxpayer money and reject ranked choice voting

A switchback ramp leads up to Telephone Hill Park downtown in July 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Letter to the Editor: Speak out against razing of Telephone Hill

I am hopeful that our assembly will put a stop to this ill-conceived idea when they hear the…

An overhead view of Telephone Hill in downtown Juneau. (Photo courtesy of the City and Borough of Juneau)

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My Turn: Some facts regarding Telephone Hill

There is every appearance of “fire, aim, ready”

A makeshift memorial on the Utah Valley University campus, where Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a gunman a few days earlier, in Orem, Utah, Sept. 14, 2025. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)

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Opinion: Attentive listening humanizes our political adversaries

Today, we Americans are good at talking to like-minded people

A Sitka black-tailed deer peers through the undergrowth of the Tongass National Forest in an undated photo. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

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My Turn: Getting rid of the Roadless Rule is a step in the wrong direction for Southeast Alaska

The Tongass is what we locals call a “working forest”

A man heads to the City Hall Assembly Chambers to cast his ballot on Election Day on Oct. 3, 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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My Turn: Promoting affordability, financial common sense, and fairness in Juneau

I am voting YES on Ballot Measures 1 and 2

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

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My Turn: The HESCO barriers worked

To keep a responsive CBJ, vote no on Proposition 1

A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Letter to the Editor: Tom Begich is committed to real solutions

This isn’t about politics — it’s about people

Juneau, Alaska, is photographed July 11, 2025. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Letter to the Editor: Believe in Juneau, vote no

The ballot propositions before us have an element of selfishness and self-centeredness, that I do not believe most…

City and Borough of Juneau City Hall is photographed on July 12, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire file)

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My Turn: Keep Juneau a livable community

To compensate for lost property tax revenue, CBJ would have to turn to other revenue sources

Telephone Hill on May 5, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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My Turn: Reconsidering Telephone Hill

The Assembly should reconsider its decision on Telephone Hill

A sign to guide voters to the City Hall Assembly Chambers Voter Center hangs duct taped to the outside wall of the building on Election day Tuesday morning. Today is the last day for residents to cast their vote before polls close at 8 p.m. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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My Turn: Make Juneau more affordable; Yes, Yes, No.

The same day I received the CBJ “Voter Information” pamphlet in the mail, I learned of another young…

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) delivers his annual speech to the Alaska Legislature on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Another challenge to Sullivan’s conscience

Sullivan will destroy his own credibility and legacy if he ignores the very credible circumstantial evidence tying Trump…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy holds a press conference on Monday, May 19, 2025, to discuss his decision to veto an education bill. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Dunleavy: A tribute to Charlie Kirk and the First Amendment

Today, I write this as not only your governor, but as a citizen of our great country who…

Peggy Ann McConnochie (Courtesy)

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My Turn: A closer look at ‘guiding principles’

Some of the assumptions behind those headings raise some red flags for me

The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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My Turn: Roadless Rule reversal threatens Alaska’s economy, culture and heritage

The Tongass is not ‘overstocked’ — it’s irreplaceable