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Why funding schools must include student activities.
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OPINION: It’s time to end Alaska’s fiscal experiment
For decades, Alaska has operated under a fiscal and budgeting system unlike any other state, and some could…
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Opinion: Let’s start the New Year with an Alaskan-style wellness movement
Instead of simplified happiness and self-esteem, our Alaskan movement will seize the joy of duty.
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Opinion: Governor’s early Christmas spirit is misplaced
“I told the president, it’s like Christmas every morning,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said at last week’s staged event…
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Opinion: The vote is over, but the budget battle is just beginning
Win Gruening weighs in on Monday’s Assembly Reorganization Meeting.
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My Turn: The big lie no one believes
Senator Dan Sullivan says Dems want to fund health care for illegal immigrants
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Opinion: Dunleavy hides in the shadow of Trump’s assault on free speech
Using the power of the presidency to censor anyone who recognizes that is not only un-American, it’s an…
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My Turn: Southeast Alaska’s economy thrives through balance, not timber alone
For 17,000 years, Indigenous people of Southeast Alaska have thrived on these lands
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My Turn: Don’t kneecap Assembly with unaffordable Proposition 1
The CBJ would not have the flexibility to raise the property tax above 9 mills without first submitting…
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My Turn: Look before you leap on property tax cap
The property tax cap will limit the contributions of those people most able to pay them: property owners
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My Turn: Voting yes on Proposition 2 calls for a yes vote on Proposition 3
Proposition 2 would give financial relief to every person in Juneau permanently
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My Turn: Keeping Juneau affordable means setting the right priorities
The city already has the resources it needs
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My Turn: Freedom vanishing: The authoritarian takeover has begun
The warning signs are everywhere
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Dunleavy: A tribute to Charlie Kirk and the First Amendment
Today, I write this as not only your governor, but as a citizen of our great country who…
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My Turn: Yes, yes and no is the way to go this October
The best way to make Juneau more affordable is to adopt the two sensible ballot measures put forward…
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Opinion: The Roadless Rule doesn’t have to be controversial
Regulations aren’t needed to prevent roadbuilding on landforms such as the sprawling Juneau and Stikine icefields
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My Turn: It’s the exact opposite of what we teach children
Breaking the rules and treating people unfairly is not the answer, even if others do it first.
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My Turn: Petition to overturn ranked choice voting still needs signatures
RCV is just not natural or comfortable for voters with experience in the conventional, tried-and-true system
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Opinion: Trump is not a peacemaker
Alaska’s news sites were buzzing last week after President Donald Trump announced he would be meeting Russian President…
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My Turn: How greedy do we want to be?
Our city government has become much less business-friendly in recent years