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Moriarty warns of impacts from oil, gas tax credit bill
Published 9:02am Tuesday, March 1, 2016JUNEAU — The head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association warned state legislators Monday that increasing taxes on an industry strapped by low prices ... Read more
My Turn: We’re all in this together
Published 9:01am Monday, February 29, 2016We’re all in this together. Southeast Alaska is a network of rivers and streams that feed our bodies, lifestyles and pocketbooks. Concern that these precious ... Read more
My Turn: Success Inside and Out
Published 9:04am Sunday, February 28, 2016Locking up criminal defendants and convicts costs a lot of money. At both the state and national levels, Americans are beginning to ask if this ... Read more
New FFA chapter in Kake to explore mobile greenhouses
Published 9:02am Sunday, February 28, 2016Historically, FFA has stood for Future Farmers of America. That’s not the case anymore. “People have to expand their horizons and think outside the box,” ... Read more
Gardening club sees big changes
Published 9:02am Monday, February 22, 2016Eleven committees were formed to fill the well-worn gloves of long-time Central Peninsula Garden Club President Marion Nelson, who served her last duty Tuesday. Under ... Read more
Rasmuson Foundation awards Perseverance Theater in Seven Tier 1 Awards
Published 9:05am Wednesday, February 17, 2016Perseverence Theatre won a $25,000 grant from the Rasmuson Foundation, the Foundation announced in a news release Tuesday. The grant money — one of seven ... Read more
My Turn: Education is a high priority for our administration
Published 9:03am Sunday, February 14, 2016The four Walker children and the five Mallott children are products of Alaska’s public education system. Tessa Walker Linderman, who pursued her master’s and doctorate ... Read more
Empire Editorial: House puts state’s money where its mouth is
Published 9:01am Thursday, February 11, 2016The Alaska House of Representatives obviously gets it. We’re hoping the Alaska Senate will, too. The House on Monday voted 38-1 in support of a ... Read more
CEO: Hydropower will bring the heat
Published 9:03am Tuesday, February 9, 2016The minds behind Juneau Hydroelectric Inc. are in hot water – and that’s just the way they want it. At a session of the Juneau ... Read more
My Turn: Energy literacy yields extraordinary financial returns while helping the planet
Published 9:02am Tuesday, February 9, 2016Would you like to have a bank account with a 200 percent interest rate? The fact of the matter is that many Alaskans have it ... Read more
Nothing but the budget, House says
Published 1:49am Tuesday, February 9, 2016In an unprecedented action, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 38-1 Monday to suspend work on all bills not related to the state budget. House ... Read more
For lawmakers, 3 options to tap Fund earnings
Published 9:05am Friday, February 5, 2016If there’s one thing Alaska’s lawmakers agree on, it’s this: No single trick or approach will solve the state’s annual deficit, now approaching $4 billion. ... Read more
Letter: No light at the end of the road
Published 9:05am Sunday, January 31, 2016I always chuckle with skepticism when reading retired business banker Win Gruening’s articles about the endless economical benefits of the proposed Juneau Access road. In ... Read more
My Turn: The Rainy Day Parade keeps building
Published 9:05am Sunday, January 31, 2016John Naisbitt, futurist and author of Megatrends, observed that in America’s participatory democracy, “Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.” Applying ... Read more
My Turn: SB 114 would protect dividends and close the budget gap
Published 9:01am Friday, January 29, 2016“The budget, the budget and the budget.” That’s how my colleague – Sen. Click Bishop – outlined the Alaska Legislature’s top three priories this year, ... Read more
Fish Factor: Fish taxes
Published 9:00am Wednesday, January 27, 2016A single Chinook salmon is worth almost three barrels of oil. The winter kings being caught by Southeast Alaska trollers are averaging 10 pounds each ... Read more
Amid budget gloom, analyst gives reason for fiscal optimism
Published 9:53pm Tuesday, January 26, 2016If you factor in the sizes of their respective budgets, Alaska’s $50 billion Permanent Fund leaves the state in a better financial position than Norway’s ... Read more
Gov. Walker to deliver State of State speech
Published 11:59pm Thursday, January 21, 2016JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker is set to deliver his second State of the State address as Alaska grapples with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit amid ... Read more
My Turn: Tongass transition plan lacks initiative
Published 1:09am Thursday, January 21, 2016Change is not for the risk averse. It is scary stuff that takes us out of our comfort zones and into the unknown. It’s also ... Read more
Industry: Tongass timber forecast flawed
Published 8:58pm Wednesday, January 20, 2016A U.S. Forest Service study projects growth in Tongass timber harvest over the next 15 years, but leaders of Alaska’s timber industry are saying the ... Read more