In his May 21 My Turn, Todd Smoldon is thankful that there are no new taxes but disparaging of the use of the permanent fund… Continue reading
Between Senate Bill 91, SB 54, and whate’er godless refuse the Senate shall curse our great state with next, one might start to wonder if… Continue reading
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski did the right thing when she voted recently to protect net neutrality; it is unfortunate U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan did not.… Continue reading
A recent House Resources committee hearing on the 211-mile Ambler Road Proposal illustrates how prevalent knee-jerk development financing has become in this state, despite looming… Continue reading
The recent kerfuffle over the comedian at the White House Correspondents Dinner is small potatoes compared to the larger issue. Should the press and the… Continue reading
“Matthew 25:35. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you… Continue reading
I am a staunch supporter of free speech. In the past hundred years, we have suffered through Margaret Sanger’s extolling eugenics to the hateful rantings… Continue reading
I was sad to read the Legislative Council rejected a proposal to create a fair system of remuneration for all legislators that supports the goal… Continue reading
Because none of the three members of Juneau’s legislative delegation are running for re-election in November, it is really important to elect new people who… Continue reading
The Chilkat River king salmon numbers are so low that without a serious conservation effort they could be at a tipping point toward extinction. Three… Continue reading
Senate Bill 63, for a smoke-free Alaska, should be considered no-brainer legislation. It is a lifesaving (and money saving) bill that is supported by a… Continue reading
Our school budget is being cut again. Our police departments run short staff with dwindling budgets. It’s the same story with almost all public sector… Continue reading
We don’t hear of shootings in the congressional buildings. Congress has great security to protect themselves. At the same time, Congress refuses to take actions… Continue reading
All across the country there has been renewed interest in vocational education, now commonly known as CTE (Career Technical Education). Montana recently doubled its annual… Continue reading
On the morning of April 16, my sister — singer/songwriter Hope Griffin — and her accompanying cellist JamieLeigh Bennett, having traveled thousands of miles on… Continue reading
Ben Speciale’s March 30 My Turn “Modernize recreational fishing – the big picture” misses an important point: anyone who pulls a wild fish from the… Continue reading
Another recent casualty of reduced federal and state funding for social services is the on-site rural support for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska. While… Continue reading
On April 6, the state legislature held a hearing on the feasibility of building a private industrial road from the Dalton highway to copper deposits… Continue reading
I read with interest the Empire article “Murkowski introduces bill to study ocean acidification.” I applaud U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on this progressive bill… Continue reading
We encourage Juneau taxpayers to contact their Assembly members and ask them to amend the latest proposal to annex several parts of Admiralty Island. We… Continue reading
