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In this March 2020 photo, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Chief Executive Officer Angela Rodell speaks to the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce in Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: APFC has a vision for Alaska’s financial anchor

Laud the vision of the past and look forward.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Liveaboard surcharge increase is too steep

By Matt Leither

A voter fills out their ballot in the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 3. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Clearing up For the People Act misconceptions

The For the People Act can help modernize and safeguard our voting processes.

Anselm Staack (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: The purposeful Destruction of AMHS and UA

We are clearly not “all in this together.”

Allison Smith, a member of Juneau Nordic Ski Club, oasses another Nordic skiier on her way back toward the Montana Creek Trail trailhead on Dec. 29, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Proposed trail from Montana Creek Trail would create problems

“The current proposal would create safety concerns and displace existing non-motorized users.”

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Opinion: Proposed surcharge increase for liveaboards is unfair

By Bill Lomax

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Opinion: Voter suppression or election integrity?

Georgia’s recently passed voting law addresses perfectly rational concerns about election security.

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Opinion: We do not have another decade to waste without protecting every Alaskan

Let’s end the cruel, and inhumane legal discrimination against our fellow Alaskans

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: A campaign for Alaska

By Sheri Buretta and Cynthia Cartledge

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Opinion: When it comes to voting, easier isn’t always better

This is not for the people.

A sign along Montana Creek Road encourages Juneau residents to wear face masks in public settings on Dec. 29. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Motorized use would disturb Montana Creek area

By Mary F. Willson

A role of "I Voted" stickers sit sanitizer. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: There’s a problem election reform efforts are ignoring

Campaigns should be shorter. But they aren’t.

This screenshot of an Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation map of PFAS sites in Alaska shows that contamination from so-called “forever chemicals” is observable throughout the state. (Screenshot | Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Opinion: Alaska needs to do more to ensure safe drinking water

Most of all, we need action at the local, state, and federal levels.

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Opinion: How satellites may lead to broadband service for rural Alaska

Low Earth orbiting satellites may soon help Alaska to achieve a task force goal.

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Opinion: Meeting a pioneer of glasnost in the former Soviet Union

These were my encounters and are my recollections regarding Vladimir Vysotsky.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: An idea to limit length of legislative floor sessions

Here’s the plan to help move along the baseball games, I mean legislative work, at a faster pace.

An election official lays out more “I voted” stickers on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Stickers for the 2020 general election featured designs by Alaskan artist Barbara Lavallee. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The League of Women Voters of Alaska strongly supports the For the People Act

Here’s why.

Someone holds up an inflatable Alaska Marine Highway ferry at at a rally to support of the Alaska Marine Highway System on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Biden’s infrastructure plan and new ferries

Does Gov. Mike Dunleavy want new ferries that would require a long-term state subsidy to operate?

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Basketball brouhaha highlights school board-parent divide

The key is two-way communication.

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Opinion: QAnon is the most successful April Fool’s joke I’ve ever seen

On March 31, years ago, someone put a note in announcements that the space shuttle would land on…