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Opinion: A wonderful debt

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Opinion: A wonderful debt

Let’s keep passing the same $20 around.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a press conference in Anchorage on Friday, April 10, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Opinion: It’s time for Alaska to safely reopen

We must normalize this new normal to ensure our economic future.

Opinion: Good progress battling the virus. It’s time to heal the economy.

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Opinion: Good progress battling the virus. It’s time to heal the economy.

Lockdown proponents frame the options as returning to work or risking death. This is a false choice.

Opinion: What the future holds for Alaskan families dealing with toxic PFAS in their drinking water

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Opinion: What the future holds for Alaskan families dealing with toxic PFAS in their drinking water

We need the state to take action now.

Downtown Juneau is quiet in this March 20, 2020 photo. A City and Borough of Juneau website is tracking changes to businesses caused by COVID-19. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Our Assembly needs to build a balanced budget

We need to use the present fiscal situation to right size programs and salary scales.

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

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Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Alaska is in a perfect political storm of trouble.

Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

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Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

But it doesn’t have to decide our actions.

Opinion: Trump’s GOP is a particularly American Mafia

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Opinion: Trump’s GOP is a particularly American Mafia

“The cuckold GOP are now acting little different than the China’s National Peoples Congress.”

Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

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Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

When I venture out needlessly, I throw viral stones at you.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview with the Juneau Empire at the Capitol in February 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Sullivan’s silence says a lot

When I was a kid, a couple of older boys bullied me after swim lessons. They snapped me…

Opinion: Dunleavy is no friend to medicine

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Opinion: Dunleavy is no friend to medicine

Three doctors weigh in.

Opinion: The 49th state should be the 21st to call for the 28th Amendment

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Opinion: The 49th state should be the 21st to call for the 28th Amendment

Voices of lawyers, lobbyists and political fat cats often dominate political decision-making.

Opinion: Let’s flatten the curve of climate change

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Opinion: Let’s flatten the curve of climate change

I wonder what are we learning about addressing the coronavirus that applies to the climate crisis?

Opinion: Infrastructure could lay groundwork for recovery

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Opinion: Infrastructure could lay groundwork for recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has swiftly swept across the world, with cases and deaths rising rapidly in the United…

Juneau students and residents, led by members of the Yees Ku Oo Dance Group, march to Centennial Hall during a “Stand Strong for Climate” rally on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds is holding four days of meetings at Centennial Hall. The rally was organized by 350 Juneau, a local chapter of an international climate advocacy movement, 350.org. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: COVID-19 offers lessons and hope, if we act smart

In the midst of this unprecedented pandemic, I am finding a small amount of hope in the fact…

Opinion: Now’s the time for nondiscrimination

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Opinion: Now’s the time for nondiscrimination

As the medical director of the only clinic in Anchorage that markets to LGBTQ Alaskans, it is my…

Opinion: The experts Dunleavy ignored

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Opinion: The experts Dunleavy ignored

Dunleavy has handled the pandemic admirably, but the financial crisis is a different story.

A snowboarder makes his way through the snow at Eaglecrest Ski Area earlier this month. The City and Borough of Juneau-owned and operated ski area has received snowfall each of the past 30 days. (Courtesy Photo | Jeremy Lavendar)

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Opinion: Stay safe out there

High peaks, low infection rates.

The ferry Columbia sails through Lynn Canal on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: We’re committed to the Alaska Marine Highway System

“The governor and I are committed to the Marine Highway’s success.”

Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Pick priorities, not winners and losers, to plug our budget gap

The Assembly must make some hard choices.