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Opinion: Public sector unions vs. the 1st Amendment

Union membership should be a personal choice.

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Opinion: Student free speech Supreme Court cases offer teachable moments

Basic civics should be a mandatory part of high school education.

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We need action ‘For the People’

By John S. Sonin

Jonathan Flora (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: Future for salmon fishing doesn’t look bright if we don’t rapidly decarbonize our world

There are only hard choices ahead.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy held a press conference at the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Governor’s budget plan doesn’t add up

Keeping secrets from the public is irresponsible, dishonest and harmful.

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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Opinion: It’s time to compromise on the Roadless Rule

The Roadless Rule has become a fight over which wild exaggeration of the facts will prevail.

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

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Opinion: Turn My PFD into a PFD (a personal floatation device) for future generations

By Kate Troll

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Opinion:Term limits, discretionary voting deserve same rules as trust resolution

Thoughts on potential resolutions.

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Opinion: Voting rights and the majority’s minority

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., is right to oppose H.R. 1, the “For the People Act.”

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Should we move forward or look back on cruise ship tourism?

The best solutions will always be attained by moving forward.

Corri A. Feige is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Doug Vincent-Lang is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.((Courtesy Photos)

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Opinion: Alaskans should be good stewards of our home

Alaskans should be mindful of our responsibility to respect our common natural resources.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Base PFD on resource revenue deposits, not percent of fund earnings

By Ray Metcalfe

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Opinion: Sustaining Alaska’s fisheries through nonprofit hatcheries

You don’t need me to tell you that fishing is central to Alaskan life…

From left to right: Rep. Adam Wool, D-Fairbanks, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Alaska State Sen. Josh Revak, R-Anchorage, in the hallway of the Alaska State Capitol following Sullivan’s address to the Legislature. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The irony of Sen. Sullivan’s free speech defense

Jan. 6 commission vote undermines proposed free speech amendment.

This 2013 photo shows Juneau’s Capitol Disposal Landfill. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Cruise line debate is garbage

By Stuart Hallam

Faith Myers stands at the doors of API. (Courtesy Photo)

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Legislature should give psychiatric patients improved rights

Alaska is still too often warehousing people with a mental illness.

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Opinion: History needs a face

My memories of WWII, Korea and Vietnam all have faces.

(Michael Penn/Juneau Empire File)

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Initiative support is light on facts

Before signing any petition, ask for the facts that support their positions.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Local fireworks ordinance makes too many exceptions

I applaud (adopting the ordinance) but am of the opinion that it does not go far enough.

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s fiscal laziness

Voters first need a well-developed analysis.