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Empire Editorial: Meet the Alaska Legislature’s new restriction on free speech
It’s a rare day when someone wakes up in the morning with the intent to make a mistake.…
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My Turn: Let’s get the whale right
The ongoing saga of where the bronze whale should be located continues. A bid opening last week revealed…
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Empire Editorial: Strong action needed to avoid repeat of Challenger sinking
Alaska has a big problem beneath the surface. For Juneau, that problem has been breaking the surface a…
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My Turn: Fukushima radiation in Pacific reaches West Coast
“We should be carefully monitoring the oceans after what is certainly the largest accidental release of radioactive contaminants…
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My Turn: Trappers, trail users must coexist
This is a story I had no desire to tell publicly, but recent events, opinion pieces and advertisements…
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Alaska Editorial: Budget reality
This editorial first ran in the Ketchikan Daily News: This week’s news of layoffs at the Alaska Marine…
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My Turn: AMHS cuts off limb hoping it grows back
On Tuesday, the State of Alaska Department of Transportation released its proposed Alaska Marine Highway System summer schedule…
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Empire Editorial: ‘Kayaktavists’ and a whole lot of head-shaking
Earlier this summer, we watched as so-called “kayaktavists” — each nestled in their bright, petroleum-plastic watercraft — attempted…
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Column: Gender, the missing link in our gun debates
I’m sure I read way too many articles about last week’s mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in…
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Bosses, pull back curtain on pay gap for women
The gender gap is a credibility gap. That’s the real reason why few women make it to top…
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My Turn: Responsibility for abandoned and derelict vessels in Alaska
By now, most of us in Juneau know that we have a sunken 96-foot tugboat in Gastineau Channel…
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My Turn: Silverbow Bakery
In 1997 when Jill and I moved into the Silverbow building, we were young and hopeful and ambitious…
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Empire Editorial: To boost voter turnout, Juneau should look to online elections
On Tuesday night, too few Juneauites went to the polls. In Wednesday’s Empire, we published a My Turn…
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Alaska editorial: Arctic Energy Summit hosted circumpolar nations for issues discussion
This editorial originally appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Representatives of eight nations gathered in Fairbanks to discuss…
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My Turn: Alaskan are going to have to fight for it
The ongoing state budget fight is totally incomplete if it ignores the revenue side. The Legislature blaming Alaskans…
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My Turn: Young Alaska in support of the PFD Voter Initiative
We live in the digital age. With a few clicks of the mouse or finger taps on a…
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My Turn: UAF to host Arctic summit in 2016
When warmer temperatures and daylight returns this spring, it will also bring nearly 1,000 scientists, policy makers, technical…
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Alaska Editorial: Forest management
This editorial originally appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, made an interesting point about…
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My Turn: BC Mines and the Taku watershed
In August, when British Columbia Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett first laid eyes on the metals-laden…
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My Turn: The Alexander Archipelago Wolf
Is “The Alexander Archipelago Wolf” a rare threatened species? No! It doesn’t exist! “Cry Wolf” is simply a…