In Thursday’s editorial, the Juneau Empire augured into the depths of oil and gas tax credits, and spudded some misconceptions.Tax credits are complicated, but let’s… Continue reading
Last Tuesday, over 8,000 Alaskans took hours out of their day to crowd together in schools and civic centers all across Alaska to caucus for… Continue reading
This past Saturday, over 1,000 people inflated Centennial Hall with their cheers and their passion. At 17, I was rendered unable to caucus, but allowed… Continue reading
Normally I find debates about America’s greatness to be rather superficial. We’re not perfect, but surely the country is founded on great ideas and has… Continue reading
Last week’s Alaska Democratic Party caucuses revealed two things: The state’s appreciation for Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, runs deep. Alaska’s Democratic primary is just as… Continue reading
The environmental community’s latest salvo attempting to torpedo the Juneau Access Project has arrived. Like numerous other attempts sponsored by the Wilderness Society, the Southeast… Continue reading
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to survive a car accident, you know the feeling.Once your hands have stopped shaking and you stop to remember it,… Continue reading
I am a victim of sexual abuse and domestic violence. I am also an offender with two felony drug convictions. These two things are related.… Continue reading
The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly approved Ordinance 2015-39 on Nov. 9, 2015, which amended the land use code to establish in which zoning… Continue reading
State government is simply too big and the Alaska Legislature has not made adequate progress in reducing the burden of big government. According to the… Continue reading
The Alaska Board of Game (BOG), a seven-member panel of unelected, governor-appointed officials, decides important wildlife issues on behalf of Alaskans. Because the makeup of… Continue reading
Another loss for all Cubans, and I’m not referring to the 4-1 loss to the Rays in the “historic” baseball game played in Cuba this… Continue reading
It’s been a rough couple of months for Alaska’s telecommunications monopoly, GCI.First, a GCI executive at the company’s Anchorage-based television station KTVA made some extremely… Continue reading
“And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. … So the Lord scattered them abroad… Continue reading
Anyone who’s been paying attention to State Capitol happenings knows the State of Alaska is facing an unprecedented fiscal crisis. The balance sheet just became… Continue reading
Today Alaska faces a fiscal crisis of monumental proportions. Alaska residents are facing an uncertain future. Nowhere is that uncertainty more troubling than in the… Continue reading
I’m predicting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will take Alaska’s Democrat caucus on Saturday. Most political analysts think it doesn’t matter though since Hillary Clinton has… Continue reading
Two years after the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that closely held for-profit companies do not have to comply with the Affordable… Continue reading
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held their first summit meeting, and resolved that the United States and Canada… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:It’s ludicrous to ban Alaska and other states from issuing mandatory labeling laws.Sen. Lisa Murkowski has… Continue reading
