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My Turn: What AMHS learned during community meetings
The Alaska Marine Highway System held six community engagement meetings across coastal Alaska last month. During this time…
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My Turn: We’re no stronger by arming ourselves against fear
Whether it was a hydrogen bomb or not, North Korea’s nuclear test was a cause for alarm. But…
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My Turn: The Forest Service offers bountiful opportunities
This week, Alaska’s policy makers will turn their attention to resolving the state government’s fiscal crisis while maintaining…
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My Turn: The challenges ahead will make the University of Alaska stronger
As I reflect on my first 120 days serving as president of the University of Alaska, and look…
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My Turn: Protect the Tongass National Forest
I have fished and crabbed for over 10 years, from Bristol Bay to Southeast Alaska. Fishing is my…
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My Turn: Down the gas pipeline rabbit hole
In his first inaugural address, Ronald Reagan famously stated that, “government is not the solution to our problem;…
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My Turn: Support the RED Tape Act
As the president of the Alaska Chamber of Commerce, I read with interest Rich Moniak’s criticism of Sen.…
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My Turn: Transportation funding fallacies deserve correction
Alaskans are facing a sobering reality: we can no longer afford the same service levels from state government.…
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My Turn: Find the good, grow the good
The inspiration for this column comes from two places. One is that it’s the end of year and…
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My Turn: We need to be bipartisan owners of Alaska
By putting a statewide sales tax on the table, Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, has signaled to his majority…
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My Turn: Obituary for the Last Frontier
Alaskans are proud of the independent, free spirit that built this state. People from the Lower 48 watch…
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My Turn: Jamie Parsons: An uncommon leader
This last year, Juneau lost a former mayor and Assemblyman and one of its staunchest supporters and cheerleaders.…
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My Turn: Small schools face big problems
Faced with loss of state funding, increasing numbers of rural Alaskan schools face the reality of having their…
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Empire Editorial: Predictions for things to come in 2016
Early Friday morning, people around the world took time out of their lives to celebrate the start of…
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Empire Readers Council Editorial: Walker-Mallott earn B- grade in 2015
One year into the administration of Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott is a good time…
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My Turn: Regulations in an imperfect people’s democracy.
Since the Great Recession of 2008, the nation has seen the economy grow an average of 1.5 percent…
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Alaska Editorial: Working together
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: It’s the Last Frontier’s last frontier — the…
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My Turn: After Paris summit failure, Alaska must act on climate change
There is both good news and bad news from the Paris climate change summit that ended earlier this…
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My Turn: The Alaska-Kenya Health Scholarship Program
At Christmastime, there is heightened interest in the plight of others whose circumstances are less fortunate than our…
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My Turn: Snow, poetry and peace on earth
It snowed last night. Enough for the tree tops and boughs to glisten under this morning’s pale blue…