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Opinion: Please vote ‘yes’ on Ballot Measure 1

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Opinion: Please vote ‘yes’ on Ballot Measure 1

This year’s Stand for Salmon initiative, Ballot Measure 1, is a long-overdue measure that will help restore balance…

Opinion

Vote ‘yes’ on salmon habitat ballot initiative

I have been thinking long and hard about the salmon habitat ballot initiative that will be on Alaska’s…

Opinion

Vote ‘no’ on Stand for Salmon

Generations of Alaska Native people have revered salmon for its life-sustaining properties and role in the growth and…

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Two healthcare ballot initiatives for 2018 have been canceled

A pair of health care ballot initiatives seeking a place in Alaska’s 2018 election are dead for now.…

JUNEAU EMPIRE COMPOSITE  Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, left, and Rep. Jason Grenn, I-Anchorage, right, are two of the three co-chairs (with Bonnie Jack of Anchorage) of a new ballot initiative that targets legislative prerogatives.

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New ballot initiative targets legislators’ per diem pay

Two Alaska legislators and a longtime Republican organizer are trying to prohibit lawmakers from collecting expense payments if…