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Opinion: Facts, not tales, tell story of Alaska’s ferry system

Opinion: Facts, not tales, tell story of Alaska’s ferry system

To justify continuing ferry operations, it’s important to recognize why we’re in this fix.

  • Apr 5, 2019
  • By WIN GRUENING
Opinion: Facts, not tales, tell story of Alaska’s ferry system
Opinion: There’s a right way to make budget decisions for Alaska. Then there’s a wrong way.

Opinion: There’s a right way to make budget decisions for Alaska. Then there’s a wrong way.

Legislature should exercise its budget powers in setting this year’s dividend.

  • Apr 3, 2019
  • By LARRY PERSILY
Opinion: There’s a right way to make budget decisions for Alaska. Then there’s a wrong way.
Are you a fisherman who’s been hurt on the job? This bill could help.
Are you a fisherman who’s been hurt on the job? This bill could help.
Capitol Live: House discusses new hydro project near Bristol Bay
Capitol Live: House discusses new hydro project near Bristol Bay
Opinion: Education reform is not about the money

Opinion: Education reform is not about the money

Spending more money is not improving education for our children.

  • Mar 31, 2019
  • By CAROL CARMAN
Opinion: Education reform is not about the money
Opinion: The grasshopper, the ant and the PFD

Opinion: The grasshopper, the ant and the PFD

We will all rue the day we frittered away our financial resources.

  • Mar 29, 2019
Opinion: The grasshopper, the ant and the PFD
Capitol Live: House leadership talks budget process
Capitol Live: House leadership talks budget process
Opinion: Alaska needs a smaller, sustainable budget

Opinion: Alaska needs a smaller, sustainable budget

We can’t run away from the problem with taxes.

  • Mar 27, 2019
  • By LANCE ROBERTS
Opinion: Alaska needs a smaller, sustainable budget
Opinion: Alaska’s budget must be brought in line with our ability to pay for it

Opinion: Alaska’s budget must be brought in line with our ability to pay for it

We have allowed our budget to grow far beyond our means in this declining oil era.

  • Mar 27, 2019
  • By ALEXANDER HOKE
Opinion: Alaska’s budget must be brought in line with our ability to pay for it
Opinion: Invest in Alaska by investing in ferry system

Opinion: Invest in Alaska by investing in ferry system

Defunding them threatens the prosperity, health of our coastal communities and villages.

  • Mar 20, 2019
  • By ALAN GROSS
Opinion: Invest in Alaska by investing in ferry system
Opinion: AIDEA is critical to resource development in Alaska

Opinion: AIDEA is critical to resource development in Alaska

The state needs to develop its abundant natural resources.

Opinion: AIDEA is critical to resource development in Alaska
Planet Alaska: Woven with herring

Planet Alaska: Woven with herring

Sharing herring is caring.

Planet Alaska: Woven with herring
Opinion: The firecracker budget and Green New Deal

Opinion: The firecracker budget and Green New Deal

A warning against the shrinking marketplace of ideas in Alaska’s budget debate.

  • Mar 17, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
  • budget
Opinion: The firecracker budget and Green New Deal
Opinion: I ran into Gov. Dunleavy on the street. Here’s what I wish I told him.

Opinion: I ran into Gov. Dunleavy on the street. Here’s what I wish I told him.

We should all hope that Standing Tall means more than treating the lands and people of our great state as simple warehouse widgets.

  • Mar 12, 2019
  • By Kevin Maier
Opinion: I ran into Gov. Dunleavy on the street. Here’s what I wish I told him.
Doug Vincent-Lang, Commissioner Designee for the Department of Fish & Game, speaks in front of the House Fisheries Committee at the Capitol on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Fish and Game appointee looks for more state, not federal, control over fisheries

The importance of fishing and hunting isn’t lost on Alaskans or lawmakers.

Doug Vincent-Lang, Commissioner Designee for the Department of Fish & Game, speaks in front of the House Fisheries Committee at the Capitol on Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Power costs in rural Alaska could go up under governor’s proposed budget
Power costs in rural Alaska could go up under governor’s proposed budget
Opinion: Day of reckoning for Alaska’s budget has arrived

Opinion: Day of reckoning for Alaska’s budget has arrived

Everyone must share in the cost of an economically healthy state.

  • Mar 5, 2019
  • By LARRY PERSILY
Opinion: Day of reckoning for Alaska’s budget has arrived
Juneau Empire reporters Kevin Baird, left, and Mollie Barnes interview Gov. Mike Dunleavy at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Empire Exclusive: Read our full conversation with Gov. Mike Dunleavy on the budget

Gov. says businesses will come back to Alaska if budget is balanced.

Juneau Empire reporters Kevin Baird, left, and Mollie Barnes interview Gov. Mike Dunleavy at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Empire Exclusive: Read our full conversation with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski

Empire Exclusive: Read our full conversation with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski

Senator says incentives need to be put in place to stop government shutdowns.

Empire Exclusive: Read our full conversation with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski
Fighting for funding: How proposed budget would affect the University of Alaska

Fighting for funding: How proposed budget would affect the University of Alaska

“Education is a job creator.”

Fighting for funding: How proposed budget would affect the University of Alaska