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Letter: Remember how Muñoz votes come election day

This year, the state of Alaska will pay $775 million in tax credit cash payments to subsidize the…

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Letter: No backyard barrages

Discussions about fireworks noise in neighborhoods and parks often feature comments such as this: “This is a very…

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Letter: Denali wolf decimation a travesty

On Tuesday in an Alaska Dispatch News article came the news that the last surviving wolf in the…

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Letter: Living a firearm fantasy

The issue of needless gun violence is endemic throughout our nation. Though Juneau, with its 30-mile berth, may…

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Letter: Cruising through maritime regulations

Last Tuesday, what started out as a wonderful fishing trip in Gastineau Channel on flat, calm waters was…

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Letter: In response to “The federal budget for all to see”

The editorial in the Sunday Empire titled “The federal budget for all to see” by Romina Boccia of…

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Letter: In memory of Diane Church

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Diane Church, a well beloved elder member of the…

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Letter: Pass out the pink

Alaskan legislators have failed (again). When those of us working in the public and private sector do not…

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Letter: Wolf conservation is important for Alaska

I was pleased to read the May 19 My Turn in the Empire called “Demise of Denali’s East…

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Letter: Private enterprise, not government, to blame for road project management

I read Randy Brown’s May 23 Letter to the Editor with interest as a resident of Douglas Island…

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Letter: Department of Transportation isn’t keeping Alaska moving

I am a resident of this Great State, and put high faith and trust in our governmental organizations.…

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Letter: Veterans honor flight

I recently returned from a veterans honor flight to Washington, D.C., the purpose being to see the war…

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Letter: Time to respect Native sovereignty

It seems clearer than ever that the state of Alaska is structurally unsustainable and inequitable. Has the colonial…

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Letter: One call away

It’s that time of year. The sun is coming out and the flowers are blooming. But most importantly,…

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Letter: HB 275’s amendment

This letter is not to embarrass our good Rep. Neal Foster, D-Nome, and his good work, but to…

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Letter: I’m sorry for what’s happened to the Juneau harbor

I’m so sorry for what the industry I’m a part of has done to your once beautiful harbor.…

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Letter: End game

The state of Alaska faces a financial crisis of immense proportions. Gov. Bill Walker and legislators have a…

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Letter: Vindiction

Why is it that my Legislature, in the midst of our state’s financial straits, continues insisting on enactment…

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Letter: In response to Gruening

Columnist Win Gruening quotes P.J. O’Rourke, in his latest article, “Giving money and power to government is like…

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Letter: Swan song

Often have I sat in the audience and enjoyed the chorus’s singing with the Juneau Symphony Orchestra. The…