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Letter: The Power of Voting: Our Voice, Our Future

In Alaska, less than 60% of eligible voters cast ballots in the last statewide election yet every vote…

Telephone Hill as seen from above. (photo courtesy of City and Borough of Juneau)

Opinion

My Turn: Telephone Hill Concept C vs Concept D – could we see Pro Forma?

It is standard that before a municipality undertakes a construction project for housing that a pro forma is…

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 7 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Opinion: Senator Sullivan supports $500,000 Grift

A hidden clause in Congress’s spending bill turns public service into personal profit.

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Opinion: Sen. Dan Sullivan – promises made, promises kept

The senator has promised and delivered on red-tape slashing solutions

U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III, R-Alaska, addresses a joint session of the Alaska Legislature. (Mark Sabbatini file photo)

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My Turn: Sullivan and Begich Will Lose in 2026

Supporting Trump’s Agenda Is Highly Unpopular… Even in Alaska

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Letter to the Editor: United Way campaign helps the Southeast

I am honored to serve as Chair for this year’s United Way Annual Giving Campaign of Southeast Alaska.…

The star shows the approximate location of the proposed Cascade Point Ferry terminal by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities in partnership with Goldbelt, Inc. (Google Maps screenshot)

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My Turn: The case against Cascade Point Ferry Terminal

I am writing to say that I think the State of Alaska’s Cascade Point Terminal is a bad…

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The marble statue depicting “The Authority of Law” is visible outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

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My Turn: The Supreme Court is creating dictatorship in the shadows

Van Abbott weighs in on quiet power of the judiciary branch.

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Letter to the Editor: Thank you to the Community Health Forum

Cancer Connection’s annual Community Health Forum, held on October 25th, featured an inspiring and informative presentation on “State-of-the-Art…

Faith Myers stands at the doors of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage. (File, courtesy photo)

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Opinion: Court rulings on mistreatment of psychiatric patients need more state follow-up

Faith Myers weighs in on the legacy of “Myers v API.”

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Governor’s early Christmas spirit is misplaced

“I told the president, it’s like Christmas every morning,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said at last week’s staged event…

President Donald Trump announces that he is assuming control of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department and deploying the National Guard in the nation’s capital, citing high crime rates at the White House on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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My Turn: How Trump’s “best people” became America’s worst problem

With the aid of Murkowski and Sullivan.

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Opinion: The vote is over, but the budget battle is just beginning

Win Gruening weighs in on Monday’s Assembly Reorganization Meeting.

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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.”