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My Turn: 2016 primary election in Alaska: Get out and vote
Published 8:02am Sunday, August 14, 2016The right to vote is a foundation of our democracy and exercising that right is important. This year more than 19,000 Alaskans have registered to ... Read more
Alaska Editorial: Gov. Walker is the one leading in the fiscal crisis. Legislators? Not at all.
Published 8:03am Wednesday, July 27, 2016The following editorial first appeared in The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: There really is only one adult in the messy room of Alaska’s finances. It’s Gov. ... Read more
My Turn: Together, Alaskans can build a legacy that we can be proud of
Published 8:19pm Tuesday, July 26, 2016Alaskans know it. I was born and raised here, and I can see it clear as day. Our state is at a serious crossroads, where ... Read more
Alaska Editorial: Legislature fails once again
Published 8:00am Tuesday, July 19, 2016The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Throughout the regular, extended and special sessions of the Legislature this year, it was sometimes ... Read more
Alaska Editorial: Time and Tongass
Published 8:00am Tuesday, July 12, 2016The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: Tick tock. The U.S. Forest Service has released an amended Tongass Land Management Plan, along ... Read more
Alaska Editorial: Legislature should act on revenue measures in special session
Published 8:01am Thursday, July 7, 2016The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: During his campaign and throughout his term as governor so far, Gov. Bill Walker has ... Read more
My Turn: Legislators, join other Alaskans on the rope
Published 8:03am Sunday, July 3, 2016As governor, I enjoy shaking a lot of hands. But one handshake in particular stuck with me. At the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport last ... Read more
My Turn: Alaskans deserve a permanent solution
Published 8:00am Sunday, June 5, 2016Thousands of Alaskan families likely breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday when the Legislature passed its budget to avoid a government shutdown less than 24 ... Read more
My Turn: The path forward is a broad-based sustainable budget plan
Published 8:00am Tuesday, May 31, 2016We all know Alaska is in a bind: oil prices are currently stabilized, but at a relatively low level, and our state income from oil ... Read more
Rate filings for individual Alaska health plans due in July
Published 12:24am Thursday, May 26, 2016JUNEAU — The lone insurance company expected to offer individual health policies to Alaskans next year will have until mid-July to make its requests for ... Read more
Alaska Editorial: Treat ferry system like a business
Published 8:05am Wednesday, May 25, 2016The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News: The Alaska Marine Highway System should become — at least in part — a private ... Read more
Empire Readers’ Council Editorial: Adult leadership missing in Alaska
Published 8:05am Wednesday, May 25, 2016When, exactly, should concerns about Alaska’s fiscal and economic future give way to fear? When the general fund fiscal shortfall hits $5 billion each year? ... Read more
Sealaska’s 2015 annual report shows net income of $12 million
Published 8:03am Thursday, May 5, 2016Stability in motion — that’s the message Sealaska President and CEO Anthony Mallott wants to get across to its nearly 22,000 shareholders in its 2015 ... Read more
Moda out of Alaska in 2017
Published 11:54pm Monday, May 2, 2016JUNEAU — One of the two companies offering individual health insurance policies for Alaskans announced Monday that it will not be participating in that market ... Read more
My Turn: Trying times for Alaska
Published 8:03am Sunday, April 24, 2016I watched Gov. Bill Walker’s State of the Budget address and the rebuttal from the Alaska Legislature. The Governor said that we need to cut ... Read more
Alaska leaders try to agree on budget plan; oil prices hurt
Published 8:02am Monday, April 11, 2016JUNEAU — The collapse in oil prices has left oil-reliant Alaska with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit and few palatable options for digging its way out. ... Read more
Oil production in Alaska shows growth not seen since 2002
Published 7:01pm Monday, April 4, 2016ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Oil and Gas Association has announced that the state had its first year-over-year increase in oil production in more than a ... Read more
My Turn: Alaska education in 2016: Fiscal crisis or golden opportunity?
Published 8:02am Friday, March 25, 2016Today Alaska faces a fiscal crisis of monumental proportions. Alaska residents are facing an uncertain future. Nowhere is that uncertainty more troubling than in the ... Read more
Alaska legislators to look at how they’ll fund the budget
Published 8:02am Monday, March 21, 2016JUNEAU — With just under a month left in the legislative session, Alaska lawmakers are trying to figure out how to pay the bills given ... Read more
My Turn: Alaska can’t afford to kick the can down the road
Published 8:00am Tuesday, March 15, 2016Alaskans, it’s time to make some hard decisions. As you’ve probably heard, our state is facing a perfect fiscal storm. Mainly due to a sharp ... Read more