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My Turn: The big lie no one believes

Senator Dan Sullivan says Dems want to fund health care for illegal immigrants

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Participants grab placards, flowers and hearts at Marine Park before the Cancer Survivors Day walk on June 8, 2025.

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Opinion: Cancer doesn’t wait. We shouldn’t either.

Wayne DeVore weighs in on the importance of cancer screening

Alaska U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan attend a U.S. Coast Guard ceremony in Juneau in June 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Bankrupting America’s future

Van Abbott condemns Trump’s reckless spending and Alaska’s silent partners

Former President Donald Trump reacts as he walking back into the courtroom after a break during closing arguments in his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

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Opinion: The Weaponization of Racism

Alaska’s Congressional Delegation Enables a White Christian Nationalist Agenda

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2025. Hawley is one of the sponsors of the Faster Labor Contracts Act.

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Opinion: A place government doesn’t need to stick its nose

Dennis DeWitt weighs in on the Faster Labor Contracts Act

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OPINION: Voters to Juneau Assembly: ‘It’s time for a reset’

The implications of last week’s Juneau municipal election are unmistakable. Voters have sent an unambiguous message that it’s…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) at an infrastructure and development symposium in Anchorage on April 22, 2025. (Ash Adams/The New York Times)

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Opinion: Murkowski and Sullivan watch as Trump undermines democracy

“When accountability threatens the powerful, they fall silent.”

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Opinion: Juneau Assembly spends recklessly despite voter concerns about affordability

In just one night, at the September 22 Assembly meeting, almost $30 million in cash went out the…

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Letter to the Editor: Taxes pay for the services we need

Taxes are not money donated to the government for nothing in return

Sunlight gleams through the Tongass National Forest in Juneau on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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My Turn: An open invitation to Secretary Rollins

I will introduce you to our communities and forests

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference at the Alaska State Capitol on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Dunleavy hides in the shadow of Trump’s assault on free speech

Using the power of the presidency to censor anyone who recognizes that is not only un-American, it’s an…

City and Borough of Juneau City Hall is photographed on July 12, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire file)

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My Turn: Affordability requires Assembly accountability

It’s a reasonable expectation that we elect Assembly members to solve community problems, not just throw money at…

Sun shines through the canopy in the Tongass National Forest. (Photo by Brian Logan/U.S. Forest Service)

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My Turn: Southeast Alaska’s economy thrives through balance, not timber alone

For 17,000 years, Indigenous people of Southeast Alaska have thrived on these lands

The Edward Webster House (top center in grey), named for a former owner who located his Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co. there for decades beginning in 1915, is the oldest house still in use in Juneau. (Photo courtesy of the City and Borough of Juneau)

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My Turn: Telephone Hill homes stand as historic symbols of freedom and fresh starts

The history of Juneau’s beginnings is under attack

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, on April 2, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

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Letter to the Editor: Time for Congress to do something!

Does anyone there have the guts to push back against this death march of democracy?

Juneau ranked eighth out of 12 communities in an annual study asking business leaders how they feel about the business climate in Southeast Alaska. (City and Borough of Juneau)

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My Turn: Don’t kneecap Assembly with unaffordable Proposition 1

The CBJ would not have the flexibility to raise the property tax above 9 mills without first submitting…

People walk past City Hall in downtown Juneau. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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My Turn: Look before you leap on property tax cap

The property tax cap will limit the contributions of those people most able to pay them: property owners

A sign to guide voters to the City Hall Assembly Chambers Voter Center. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Letter to the Editor: Vote no on Propositions 1 and 2

If voters decide to cap the mill rate and/or eliminate the tax on food and utilities the Assembly…

In this Nov. 6, 2018 photo, voters fill the voting booths at Glacier Valley Baptist Church on Election Day. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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My Turn: Voting yes on Proposition 2 calls for a yes vote on Proposition 3

Proposition 2 would give financial relief to every person in Juneau permanently

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Letter to the Editor: Property tax cap could limit Juneau’s services

I am opposed to Proposition 1 that caps property tax