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Alaska Editorial: Little by little, reduced services highlight the state’s serious budget problems

The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: An unsettling notice arrived from the Alaska Department…

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Welcome the Syrian refugees

“Lord, when did we see you a stranger and welcome you or naked and clothe you? … And…

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Empire Editorial: The cost of avoiding bad press

Alaska finds itself marred by its third major scandal in less than a decade. First was a VECO…

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My Turn: Unified effort in congress protects Alaska’s seafood powerhouse

Alaska is our nation’s seafood powerhouse. With nine of our country’s top 20 fishing ports by volume, we…

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Alaska Editorial: Body-worn cameras can help interactions between police, citizens

The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily-News Miner Earlier this week, Fairbanks City Mayor John Eberhart…

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My Turn: Not knowing is a freedom we can no longer afford

Syrian refugees aren’t wanted here. That’s the message from more than 30 governors who all claim it’s their…

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My Turn: Risk of Syrian refugees is unacceptably high

While I am the chairman of the Alaska Republican Party, the views I am expressing are my own.…

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Empire Editorial: Salmon horror story

You sit back in your cinema seat and grab your popcorn. The lights go down and the show…

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My Turn: Let mercy and hope triumph

Our snowfall this week has Juneau looking a bit more like Christmas. In light of some of the…

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Empire Editorial: Alaska’s prison system is killing Alaskans

Joseph Murphy was having a bad morning. On Aug. 14, he woke up in jail. The night before,…

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My Turn: Apprenticeships more important than ever

Gov. Bill Walker recently signed Administrative Order 278 to expand use of registered apprenticeships on state construction and…

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My Turn: Don’t wait for Alaska to crash

“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with…

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My Turn: Juneau’s economy is stable, but tied to state’s fiscal crisis

The Juneau Economic Development Council recently released its 2015 Economic Indicators report, showing that if it were not…

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Empire Editorial: Closing schools will shut down communities

There have been and will continue to be many discussions among lawmakers and the public as to how…

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My Turn: How can we celebrate Dr. Walter Soboleff Day?

HB217 was passed and signed into law by the 28th Alaska State Legislature in 2014, “an act establishing…

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My Turn: A dissenting view of Veterans Day

Another Veterans Day has come and gone. The parades are over, and so are the countless speeches expressing…

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My Turn: Recent appointment of Loretta Bullard

Gov. Bill Walker made an appointment a few weeks ago that has received little attention but that produced…

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My Turn: Your opportunity to address trapping rules

Trapping season has officially begun in Alaska. The recent trapping case in Juneau, involving a hiker releasing a…

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Alaska Editorial: Calming effect

The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: Developing a plan and beginning to implement it…

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Alaska Editorial: Sturgeon case vital for Alaska’s sovereignty

The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: The case of John Sturgeon versus the National…