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Opinion: Powerful issues are at stake this election season

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Opinion: Powerful issues are at stake this election season

It won’t be easy, but nothing valuable ever is.

Opinion: Mine cleanup plan is encouraging, but there’s still work to be done

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Opinion: Mine cleanup plan is encouraging, but there’s still work to be done

“We need to ensure British Columbia follows through on its promises.”

Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, talks with Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka following a House Administration Committee Finance Subcommittee meeting in this January 2020 photo. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: There have been some questions and misinformation about pandemic-related contract

“So let’s talk straight: We had several bids, but none from an Alaskan company.”

The M/V Matanuska tied up at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The corrupting of AMHS policymaking

his a story of two Alaska governors who made bad AMHS policy decisions.

Zach Brown speaks during a “Stand Strong for Climate” rally in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 as students hold signs asking nations to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The Koch brothers brought us Ohio Dan

It’s time for an authentic, independent voice who will speak for Alaskans.

Opinion: You can help the bears we love

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Opinion: You can help the bears we love

Bears are in trouble now. They are being drawn into our neighborhoods by easy meals of garbage

Opinion: Is new city debt necessary now?

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Opinion: Is new city debt necessary now?

It’s fair to ask why Juneau residents should vote to add new debt now

Opinion: Sen Murkowski can help determine the future of the American wild horse

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Opinion: Sen Murkowski can help determine the future of the American wild horse

Alaskans can play an important role in making sure wild mustangs are around for generations.

Opinion: Ballot initiative is based on hate and greed

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Opinion: Ballot initiative is based on hate and greed

This is far from the first time such a destructive tax change has been proposed.

Opinion: Complicated tax policy should not be decided at the ballot box

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Opinion: Complicated tax policy should not be decided at the ballot box

The legislative process isn’t pretty, but it is the system in place for such matters.

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The GOP doesn’t speak for most Alaskans

Legislators aren’t elected to be a rubber stamp for whatever the governor wants.

Robin O. Brena is a lifelong Alaska who grew up in Skagway and is an original sponsor of Ballot Measure 1, Chair of the Oil and Gas Transition Committee for the Walker administration and founder of Brena, Bell and Walker, a longtime Alaskan law firm. (Courtesy Photo / Robin O. Brena)

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Opinion: Major oil companies can afford to pay a fair share.

This is called standing up for Alaska.

Opinion: Initiative 1 and a boom and bust economy

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Opinion: Initiative 1 and a boom and bust economy

Will the initiative be the last straw on backs of the oil industry and Alaska’s economy?

In this file photo, the Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte, left, Malaspina and Tazlina, hidden from view, are tied up at the Auke Bay Terminal on Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Coronavirus adds to Alaska Marine Highway System’s challenges

Ferries are facing a pandemic-caused shortfall of almost $45 million.

Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

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Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

The system has been rigged for the wealthiest.

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

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Opinion: Even on military matters, Sullivan toes the line for Trump

We need an independent, strong voice that will stand up for what’s right.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

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Opinion: Marxism and its relevance to ‘white privilege’ doctrine

“Today, in America, opportunity is available to nearly everyone.”

The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Removing the Roadless Rule would hurt Alaska

Removing the Roadless Rule from the Tongass would exacerbate impact of climate change.

Health and education experts, including Juneau School District Superintendent Bridget Weiss, gave testimony to lawmakers Thursday on the challenges facing schools as they try and reopen in the pandemic (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Why schools aren’t reopening

Examining the cause of reopening fears.

Supporters of the opposition flash victory signs as a police patrol walks by warning people that the protest is not authorized and asking them to leave in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Belarus’ authorities have detained a leader of striking factory workers and threatened protesters with criminal charges in a bid to stem massive protests challenging the extension of the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko, who accused the U.S. of fomenting the unrest and vowed to see a quick end to protests. (AP Photo / Sergei Grits)

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Opinion: Recent criticism of white privilege misses the mark

“White privilege” is not a slogan or a doctrine.