Opinion
Alaska Editorial: Balancing the fish board scales
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion: How is it that a nominee to the Board…
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My Turn: Degrading Alaska’s future: What the Legislature’s cuts to the university really mean
Let’s imagine that the House and Senate Finance committees both decide that they cannot trust the University of…
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My Turn: No sidelines in fight against climate change
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans hit the streets to protest the environmental effects of more than…
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Empire Editorial: New taxes will happen, but by whom?
One way or another, Alaskans will be taxed. The Legislature should decide how much. On Wednesday, the Senate…
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My Turn: The dark side of SB 91 and HB 205
In response to Kara Nelson’s column in the Juneau Empire on March 31, I wish to tell you…
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My Turn: Production matters
In recent weeks, pronouncements about Alaska’s oil and gas industry are made daily, often loudly, by people, some…
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My Turn: Legislative Council is the antithesis of transparent government
Last week the House and Senate both voted to table a motion to de-fund the Legislature’s appeal of…
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My Turn: Dividend legislative history: Created in wisdom, subverted in folly
Alaska residents are about to be written out as owners of the Alaska Permanent Fund. The Permanent Fund…
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My Turn: An island too far, Part 2
Last September, I wrote a series of columns about city plans to build a $10 million seawalk and…
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Alaska Editorial: House should vote down Daylight Saving Time bill
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: Legislation to exempt Alaska from Daylight Saving Time…
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My Turn: SB 174 does not make us safer
I am an allied health professor for the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a health sciences instructor at…
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Alaska Editorial: In debating revenue measures, Legislature should be evenhanded
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: With less than a week remaining in this…
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MyTurn: Trans-Alaska Trail
The moment I heard about the vision for the Trans-Alaska Trail, I was really excited. This is the…
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My Turn: Senator tries to rewrite history about the Alaska Safe Children’s Act
Down the rabbit hole we go. A fairy tale is a story in which improbable events lead to…
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My Turn: Easy to start, impossible to kill – the Juneau Access Improvement Project
A recent column by Win Gruening disparaged the conclusion in the “Easy to Start, Impossible to Finish” report…
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My Turn: My thoughts on the LIO building situation
Last week, the Legislative Council voted 13-1 to offer $32.5 million to purchase the Anchorage Legislative Information Office…
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Empire Editorial: ‘Castration bill’ upsets power balance
Since 2012, members of the House and Senate majorities have refused to take action on Medicaid expansion. By…
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My Turn: Bishop spreads the pain; Alaska Legislature wastes time and money
Well, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Catholic Bishop Ed Burns, head of the Juneau diocese, testified…
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My Turn: Is there a method to Trump’s nuclear madness?
Despite being fiscal hawks, Alaska’s Congressional delegation were elated by the Pentagon’s announcement that Eielson Air Force Base…
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Empire Editorial: SB 174 is unfortunately necessary
It’s unfortunate that legislation like Senate Bill 174 even needs to be debated. In a perfect world, there…