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Opinion: Alaskans Need the PFD now

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Opinion: Alaskans Need the PFD now

Alaska is at a critical point.

Opinion: Flattening the curve will flatten the economy

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Opinion: Flattening the curve will flatten the economy

Economic burden of flattening coronavirus curve shouldn’t be shouldered solely by private businesses.

Juneau residents line up outside of the Planet Alaska Gallery to sign an application petition to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Policy decisions are not cause for recall

How about an honest assessment of the reasons behind the effort for the recall of Governor Dunleavy?

Opinion: We should respond to coronavirus with compassion

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Opinion: We should respond to coronavirus with compassion

That’s the principle that informed my family’s decision to cancel our mother’s 90th birthday party.

The Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: US government is accountable for repaying our tribe for the theft of our land

State bill wouldn’t change how tribal governments operate.

A Capital City Fire/Rescue ambulance splashes through a flooding area of Riverside Drive on their way to a call in this January 2015 photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Juneau responders are well prepared for COVID-19

With the spread of COVID-19 into Juneau feeling imminent, I think we are all wondering how bad it…

The view from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center as seen in late February. The center was the site of an open house to draw public comment on a proposed overhaul of the recreation area. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: We can do better at the glacier

Tell the Forest Service.

Opinion: Forest Service proposal falls short in several ways

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Opinion: Forest Service proposal falls short in several ways

Comment period ends March 19.

A Wings of Alaska floatplane lands as the Zaandam, right, and Ryndam cruise ships pull into the Juneau’s downtown harbor 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: I hope Ocean Rangers are brought back to cruise ships

In 2006 when Alaska voters, including myself, passed the citizen’s initiative establishing the Ocean Ranger program, we enacted…

Opinion: Proposed amendment shows Republicans aren’t serious about stopping abortion

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Opinion: Proposed amendment shows Republicans aren’t serious about stopping abortion

By enacting a constitutional amendment, the state would be playing into the hands of the leftists.

Opinion: I look forward to the Westerdam’s arrival

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Opinion: I look forward to the Westerdam’s arrival

“We are safer interacting with this group of people than many others.”

President Donald Trump talks to members of the media before leaving the White House, Monday, March 2, 2020 in Washington, to attend a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Opinion: Trump’s lawsuits may be a campaign strategy

He’s sowing seeds of doubt.

Juneau’s City Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Cruise ship decision should be tabled by the Assembly

Prudence and levelheadedness are called for.

The MV Matanuska tied up at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Roads don’t rust

“A boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money.”

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to local leaders at the Alaska Municipal League’s legislative conference at the Baranoff Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Dunleavy is the sanity that needed to happen

We need to get spending under control.

Juneau Nordic Ski Team members Erin Wallace, front, leads Aaron Blust and Anna Iverson in a pole-less skiing drill through fresh snow on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at the Mendenhall Campgrounds. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: It makes sense to develop outdoor recreation

Alaska leads the nation in outdoor participation.

Someone holds up an inflatable Alaska Marine Highway ferry at at a rally to support of the Alaska Marine Highway System on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Incompetence turns inefficiency into failure for ferries and Real IDs

Welcome to the Gov. Mike Dunleavy era of efficient government.

Opinion: We still need the visitor industry

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Opinion: We still need the visitor industry

We’re lucky to live where people want to visit.

Sonia Nagorski, assistant professor of Geology Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska Southeast, investigates the broken oxbow along the Mendenhall River in this October 2018 photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: It should be easier to protect Alaskan water

Our waters are routinely used as cheap sewers for industry whose only goal is to maximizing profits.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy holds a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Direct democracy won’t fix the budget

Not knowing isn’t a matter of ignorance of apathy. It’s not our job.