With news of Alaska Commissioner of Education Mike Hanley’s departure, I’m wondering where our state is headed as the Board of Education forges a new… Continue reading
Alaskans, perhaps more keenly than anyone, know where foods come from, and how those foods arrive on dinner tables all over the Last Frontier.As we… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: For anyone pinning their hopes on the Alaska LNG natural gas pipeline as a savior… Continue reading
Alaskans have just been told that gasline contract negotiations have not progressed satisfactorily and thus there is no time left to get a constitutional amendment… Continue reading
As tourism and recreation businesses in Southeast Alaska are preparing for our upcoming travel season. Congress is debating national forest management policy and the Forest… Continue reading
As a firefighter, I’m on the front lines of saving lives. As a result, I’m exposed to toxic chemicals linked to cancer, neurodevelopmental disorders, thyroid… Continue reading
Across Alaska, volunteers are putting final touches on what will be an exciting day for Republicans: Super Tuesday.They’ve been training for weeks on how to… Continue reading
The National Park Service turns 100 this year. As the agency celebrates its centennial, it finds itself in a seemingly paradoxical circumstance: widely admired but… Continue reading
Many people our age have written wills. Have you? It’s a good idea, of course, because wills preserve family harmony while planning for ways our… Continue reading
At the end of 2015, Sen. Lisa Murkowski moved the first major energy bill since 2007 out of committee and onto the Senate floor by… Continue reading
I see two problems that are making it harder for Alaska to negotiate a stable long-term fiscal plan. And negotiate we must, where all of… Continue reading
State government has to get slimmer, but like any weight loss program there is a right way and wrong way to do it.According to a… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:Any Southeast Alaskan appreciates those rainy day moments when a ray of sunshine pierces the cloud… Continue reading
As our state Legislature and local Assembly grapple with the budgetary challenges facing us, each of us will be rightly interested in the outcome. These… Continue reading
As law enforcement officials, we earn public confidence not just by being professional, but by evolving and working smarter. That’s why we are encouraged by… Continue reading
In a Sunday expose, Empire reporter James Brooks explained to Juneau residents why they’re paying more at the pump than residents in Anchorage, Seattle and… Continue reading
Recently, Alaska state legislators introduced Senate Bill 174, a bill that is second only to the budget in terms of the impact it will have… Continue reading
Everyone is talking about numbers this session. Alaska’s budget deficit is nearly $3.5 billion. The Republican-led majority threatens to cut an additional $1 billion from… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion:What’s more important, a big permanent fund dividend or more teachers in public school classrooms? How about… Continue reading
About a year and a half ago, in September 2014, I took a photo of a black bear standing in a yard just across the… Continue reading
