Developers and city officials will square off Monday over the future of housing development in Juneau’s capital city. Both sides need to keep in mind… Continue reading
As the newest member of Alaska’s Legislature, there have been a lot of things that have surprised me about our political process. One of the… Continue reading
When it’s wrong it must be right.That oxymoron embodies the six-year history of Obamacare. Everything from the law’s formal title, to the court rulings upholding… Continue reading
One of the two remaining East Fork wolves of Denali National Park was shot this past weekend by a trophy hunter at a bear baiting… Continue reading
As a mother and grandmother and through my work with foster youth and the Alaska Children’s Trust, I have realized that few things are of… Continue reading
Sometimes shortcuts don’t work. You run into road construction, traffic is backed up or you get lost. The leadership in the Senate Majority Caucus has… Continue reading
Today is Day 121 of the Legislature’s regular session.We don’t know when the Legislature will finish its work, but it won’t be today. It may… Continue reading
For the past couple of months, the phrase “budget deficit” has been everywhere. In late March, I spent a week in our state’s capitol with… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Changes on the way for the University of Alaska system, as sketched out in a… Continue reading
As the Legislature nears the end of the constitutional 120-day session, I am gravely concerned about the possible outcome.Our state is in a difficult fiscal… Continue reading
“Development that actually costs the state, remains Alaska’s least understood and most pressing economic problem. Few politicians seem concerned that we do not extract enough… Continue reading
My favorite photograph of Catholic monk Thomas Merton, taken by photographer Ralph Meatyard in 1967, shows Merton standing around in his ballcap and monk suit,… Continue reading
You can afford what you prioritize. Unfortunately for our infrastructure, it’s rarely been the priority over the past few decades. As the backbone of the… Continue reading
“The Tulsequah Chief mine missed a Canadian deadline to clean up its toxic metal pollution on Thursday.”That was the first line of a Juneau Empire… Continue reading
“I have always supported the Republican nominee for president.” That’s the best Sen. Lisa Murkowski can do in terms of an endorsement for Donald Trump,… Continue reading
Since her meteoric rise to fame in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been a leading voice in the climate… Continue reading
According to a recent report released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the state’s population is projected to increase by 162,200 over… Continue reading
We’re not mathematicians. That’s why we prefer to dabble in words and not numbers.Fortunately, it doesn’t require a declaration of the Alaska Office of Management… Continue reading
If Alaska had a dollar for every time a legislator called an Alaska State Trooper or local police officer a hero, we could have another… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: A Fairbanks City Council vote last week finally put to rest one of the most… Continue reading