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How to fix America’s military

Our school budget is being cut again. Our police departments run short staff with dwindling budgets. It’s the…

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Protect schools from gun violence

We don’t hear of shootings in the congressional buildings. Congress has great security to protect themselves. At the…

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Loss of auto shop hurts students

All across the country there has been renewed interest in vocational education, now commonly known as CTE (Career…

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Rude behavior from Alaska Airlines staff to Folk Fest performers

On the morning of April 16, my sister — singer/songwriter Hope Griffin — and her accompanying cellist JamieLeigh…

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Stick with the tried and true

Ben Speciale’s March 30 My Turn “Modernize recreational fishing – the big picture” misses an important point: anyone…

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Rural help disappearing

Another recent casualty of reduced federal and state funding for social services is the on-site rural support for…

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State funding for Ambler Mining Road is irresponsible

On April 6, the state legislature held a hearing on the feasibility of building a private industrial road…

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Ocean acidification is happening

I read with interest the Empire article “Murkowski introduces bill to study ocean acidification.” I applaud U.S. Sen.…

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CBJ should stop trying to annex Admiralty Island

We encourage Juneau taxpayers to contact their Assembly members and ask them to amend the latest proposal to…

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Make the hard decisions about gun control

I attended the March for Our Lives rally on Saturday, March 24, and I want to share some…

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Opinion: Parish’s ‘no’ vote costs Juneau $20M needed for road

I have always been an independent voter. I am also a longtime supporter of the Juneau Access project.…

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Future generations depend on fossil fuel reserves in the ground

Assuming that they survive, how will our great-great-grandchildren look back on the message from Gov. Bill Walker and…

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Stop pretending the national debt isn’t important

I have noticed that when I email Alaska’s three U.S. lawmakers that the topic of national debt is…

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Alaska natural gas pipeline will be a stimulus for the U.S.

The United States should give us one more stimulus package — to the middle class. In all of…

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Some unsafe work conditions at psychiatric institute are self-inflicted

Employees of state-run Alaska Psychiatric Institute on March 8 marched from API to MacLoughlin to bring attention to…

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When leaders act like children, and children act like leaders

Thank you all for coming last week and protesting gun violence with us. We send our condolences to…

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Support the second amendment, but also some gun controls

I applaud our young people for standing up and protesting a totally unsatisfactory condition in America. I did…

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Invest in expectant mothers, young children

Pregnant women and young children are among the most vulnerable populations in developing nations. Every day, children around…

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Next best chance for a change is this fall

So Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, wants to make a condition on someone getting Medicaid benefits that they have…

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Do not disappoint our students

It was my pleasure as an adult to attend the student walkout on the steps of our state…