Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Send Alyse Galvin to Congress
I would like to share my enthusiastic support for Alyse Galvin for Congress. We definitely need a change…
Opinion
Opinion: Due diligence for pay equity — Can we do it?
Editor’s Note: The Empire is publishing a weekly column from the nonpartisan League of Women Voters leading up…
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Video: Juneau League of Women Voters Candidates Forum
Municipal candidates will take the stage Thursday night.
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At forum, Southeast candidates say income tax is necessary to defeat Alaska budget deficit
Five of the six candidates running for Statehouse in northern Southeast agree that Alaska needs an income tax.
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Attempting to unseat Don Young, Alyse Galvin brings campaign to Juneau
When Don Young was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1973, Alyse Galvin was eight years…
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Video: Juneau League of Women Voters Candidates Forum
Watch the municipal candidates talk about the issues ahead of the Oct. 2 election.
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Walker opposes Kavanaugh confirmation
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott issued a joint statement Thursday declaring their opposition to the…
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Commerce boss takes leave to campaign for Walker
Mike Navarre, head of the state department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, has temporarily left his job…
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Meet the judges on the ballot in Southeast Alaska
They’re on the ballot, but you won’t see any ads for them.
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Candidates fill forums as elections approach
Two weeks remain before Juneau’s municipal election and the statewide general election is next.
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Walker, Dunleavy and Begich offer budget ideas in Ketchikan
Alaska’s leading governor candidates continued to compete for the attention of voters on Wednesday in Ketchikan.
Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Walker is ‘Dunleavy light’
The three-way race for governor has brought much hand-wringing among Alaskans.
Opinion
Opinion: Trucking says no on Ballot Measure 1
If you eat anything, build anything, or purchase anything in Alaska, chances are it came on a truck.…
Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Ignorance to protecting Alaska’s salmon
Ben Brown’s recent piece on Ballot Measure 1 suggests he’s ignorant of the real issues pertaining to protecting…
Opinion
Opinion: The Democrat strategy to divide and be conquered
“The new rule in American politics is divide and conquer,” longtime political analyst Bill Schneider wrote at the…
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Recount confirms House District 29 winner
The Alaska Division of Elections has confirmed Benjamin Carpenter as the winner of the contested Republican primary election…
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Begich comes out for salmon measure
Stand for Salmon measure backed by candidate and at public testimony.
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Governor candidates meet in Juneau debate
Alaska’s three leading candidates for governor met on stage Thursday for the first time since the three-way race…
Opinion
Opinion: Mark Begich is the governor Alaska needs
I have known Mark Begich since he was 19 years old. Then, he was chair of the Anchorage…