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Letter: Tell lawmakers to preserve Essential Air Service
Essential Air Service is a U.S. DOT program serving 65 rural communities in Alaska, and over 100 communities…
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Letter: Sen. Sullivan’s silence for Trump’s actions is shameful
Trump is moving our country towards Russia and away from our NATO allies in Europe. He is dismantling…
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Letter: Apologies and sympathies to fired federal workers
I’m writing to let my friends and neighbors know, those in federal and nonprofit jobs, who have lost…
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Letter: University’s removal of all DEI references is shameful
The University of Alaska Board of Regents has voted to prohibit any mention at the university of diversity,…
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Letter: What can be done to restrain Musk’s free hand from prying into our lives?
I began a letter to our congressional delegation with a question: “Can you look into why my tax…
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Letter: Where is delegation as Trump and Musk carry out their actions?
In my 70 years as an Alaskan I’ve seen a lot of political shifts, but I’ve never seen…
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Letter: An education lession for Begich
Rep. Begich has no public opinion on the dismantling of the Department of Education yet, although Linda McMahon…
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Letter: Murkowski’s vote could benefit Alaskans’ health
Doesn’t everyone value their health over corporate profits? We need a Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
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Letter: Democracy on life support
We are facing a Constitutional cataclysm, and we need all members of Congress; every man, woman and child;…
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Letter: Protect the balance of democracy
We are a couple in our 70s with 45-plus years as residents of the red-leaning state of Alaska.…
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Letter: In the spirit of McKinley, a new name for Juneau
Here is a modest proposal for making Juneau great again.
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Letter: Informing the Public?
The recent Los Angeles area firestorms have created their own media circus with lots of finger-pointing, partisan blaming,…
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Letter: Social Security law restores payments Congress took from public workers
The news media has been wrongly depicting the social security fix to the Wage Equalization Program (WEP) and…
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Appreciative of Win Gruening’s columns, even if not always in agreement
In his Dec. 28 column Win Gruening reflected on his ten years writing biweekly commentaries for the Empire,…
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Letter: Voter fact left out of news
With all the post-election analysis, one fact has escaped much publicity. When the fate of ranked choice voting…
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Letter: Alaskans are smart, can see the advantages of RCV and open primaries
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization that neither endorses nor opposes candidates or political parties,…
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Letter: Supporting ranked choice voting is the honest choice
Some folks are really up in arms about the increased freedom afforded Alaska voters by ranked choice voting.…
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Letter: Praise for Begich overlooks his support of Trump
Tom Boutin’s My Turn column praised Nick Begich. However, he left out an important fact. Begich has declared…
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Letter: Best choice is Begich
I don’t know about you, but I am ready to vote, learn the results, and move on.
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Letter: Rank choice voting is good for businesses
We are small business owners in Juneau and know that rank choice voting is good for business. Alaska…