Opinion
Time for compromise
I am honored to serve along all the other good people of sound conviction elected to represent you…
Opinion
Winning isn’t the same as effective governance
“Taxes, taxes and more taxes” the Alaska Republican Party whined in a Facebook post this week. Then they…
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Revising, implementing Juneau’s mining ordinance will be a public process
As mining critics gear up to oppose community efforts to streamline Juneau’s mining ordinance, they cite a lack…
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Governor’s plan would kick the fiscal can
For years, Republicans in the Legislature have stonewalled all efforts to create a stable, durable fiscal plan. This…
Opinion
Single payer health care: Make Alaska great again
The Affordable Care Act extended health care coverage to 20 million previously uninsured people but has not controlled…
Opinion
Fighting against tobacco
May 31 was World No Tobacco Day. However, the fight against tobacco extends to every day of the…
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Keep young families in Juneau and support youth
As more people in Juneau begin to buy home security systems and fret over how to battle addiction…
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The clock is ticking on a stable, economic future for Alaska
The clock ticks. The June 30 deadline to fund Alaska’s budget marches closer. A state government shutdown looms. Because…
Opinion
‘This is no way to run a state’
We are frustrated. All Alaskans are frustrated as we watch preparations for a government shutdown while our neighbors,…
Opinion
The cover-up of the USS Liberty
“I am compelled to speak out about one of U.S. history’s most shocking cover-ups. On June 8, 1967,…
Opinion
A radical alternative to the Tea Party’s methods
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, spoke with two groups in Juneau on Thursday. Neither were town hall meetings…
Opinion
City needs a New JACC
Juneau’s artistic and cultural strength was recently affirmed with the award of a National Medal for Museum &Library…
Opinion
State workers are Alaskans too
It’s shocking, I know. People who work for the State of Alaska are Alaskans. We live right down…
Opinion
Juneau sustainability — the city we need, the city we want
Twenty-five years ago, scientists, interest groups and committed citizens gathered at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio…
Opinion
Stubbornness risks Alaskan’s livelihoods
The recent Legislative session and the current “not so special” session has produced thoughtful debate highlighting the differences…
Opinion
‘Do-nothing’ Senate Majority needs to be replaced
We find it absolutely appalling that the Alaska Senate Majority has taken the constitutionally mandated budget process so…
Opinion
A Memorial Day observance: The destruction that is war
Memorial Day began as a consecration of war dead following our Civil War, by recently freed people honoring…
Opinion
Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: The world watches anxiously
Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend and the central idea that minerals are a shared inheritance have inspired numerous social…
Opinion
Health care bill threatens Alaskans
Sometimes legislation in Congress has unintended consequences. This is one of those times. The American Health Care Act…
Opinion
Alaska Legislature needs to adopt broad-based and balanced approach
We recognize and appreciate the hard work of the Legislature in reviewing a wide range of proposals to…