Opinion

An election official lays out more "I voted" stickers on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Stickers for the 2020 general election featured designs by Alaskan artist Barbara Lavallee. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Looking on the bright side of Alaska’s 2020 general election

For most of my life, I’ve looked on the bright side of things

  • Nov 9, 2020
  • By Niesje Steinkruger
An election official lays out more "I voted" stickers on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Stickers for the 2020 general election featured designs by Alaskan artist Barbara Lavallee. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
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Opinion: The election, COVID-19 and reckoning with reality

Pandemic coverage is just a springboard to my main subject — the dysfunctional national news media.

  • Nov 6, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
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Opinion: The imperative of reforming national news media

Pandemic coverage is just a springboard to my main subject — the dysfunctional national news media.

  • Nov 6, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 deserves our support

Ballot Measure 1 doesn’t solve all oil tax law problems, but it definitely makes it better.

  • Nov 2, 2020
  • By Ken Alper
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Dr. Al Gross is an undated photo provided by the campaign. Gross has gained national attention as a strong contender to oust incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan in the 2020 Senate race. (Courtesy photo / Dr. Al Gross for U.S. Senate)

Opinion: Opportunity to improve Alaskan’s lives is in front of us

“I can say unequivocally that Al Gross will be the champion that Alaska needs in the U.S. Senate.”

  • Nov 2, 2020
Dr. Al Gross is an undated photo provided by the campaign. Gross has gained national attention as a strong contender to oust incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan in the 2020 Senate race. (Courtesy photo / Dr. Al Gross for U.S. Senate)
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Opinion: Vote to retain Justice Carney

We are fortunate to have her on the Supreme Court and she is worthy of retention.

  • Nov 1, 2020
  • By Mark Wood
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Opinion: Confused about Ballot Measure 2?

Ballot Measure 2 would make election system complex, obscure and unfair.

  • Oct 31, 2020
  • By Loren Leman
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Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska sits for an interview Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak / Peninsula Clarion File)

Opinion: Experience and accomplishment beats dishonesty and lack of character

“Sen. Dan Sullivan has earned reelection on Nov. 3.”

  • Oct 30, 2020
  • By Win Gruening
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska sits for an interview Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak / Peninsula Clarion File)
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Opinion: Division sabotaged pandemic response

It’s a morality play, now showing in every community including ours

  • Oct 29, 2020
  • By Jamison Paul
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Opinion: We face a ‘Robert Frost Choice’

There’s two different moral roads.

  • Oct 28, 2020
  • By Robert Welton
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Opinion: Ballot Measure 2 will amplify voices of women and independent voters

By Sabrena Combs This year, the country celebrates the hundred-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Alaska did not vote for or against the amendment because… Continue reading

  • Oct 28, 2020
  • By Sabrena Combs
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Opinion: Let’s look at what Ballot Measure 1 opponents say

It makes no sense to continue to give our resources to Big Oil at bargain prices…

  • Oct 27, 2020
  • By Steve White
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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 must be defeated in an historically bad year

We are your neighbors, friends and community leaders. But most importantly, we are voting no.

  • Oct 27, 2020
  • By OneALASKA co-chairs
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Bill Corbus, former revenue commissioner and past president of Alaska Electric, Light and Power, speaks Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at a Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce meeting at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 could permanently injure Alaska’s major industry

Don’t go there Alaska, Vote no on Ballot Measure 1.

  • Oct 27, 2020
  • By Bill Corbus
Bill Corbus, former revenue commissioner and past president of Alaska Electric, Light and Power, speaks Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at a Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce meeting at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
A voter fills out their ballot in person at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Oct. 6, 2020. The library was the site of one of the voting centers during the City and Borough of Juneau's by-mail municipal election. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Vote no on Ballot Measure 2

Get out and vote no on Ballot Measure 2.

  • Oct 27, 2020
  • By Jerry Nankervis
A voter fills out their ballot in person at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Oct. 6, 2020. The library was the site of one of the voting centers during the City and Borough of Juneau's by-mail municipal election. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
Ballot Measure 1, which would raise taxes on certain North Slope oil fields, is on the ballot for Alaska’s general election in November. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Alaskans deserve their fair share

It’s imperative that Alaskans stand up for our state and for each other by voting yes on Measure 1.

  • Oct 27, 2020
  • By Jorden Nigro
Ballot Measure 1, which would raise taxes on certain North Slope oil fields, is on the ballot for Alaska’s general election in November. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tours a CREP wetland structure on the Heath Stolee farm, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Radcliffe, Iowa. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall)

Opinion: USDA to protect Alaska’s seafood from China’s retaliation

We are confident that this approach is best for Alaska fishermen.

  • Oct 26, 2020
  • By Sonny Perdue
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tours a CREP wetland structure on the Heath Stolee farm, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Radcliffe, Iowa. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall)
This photo shows a by-mail ballot sent to an Alaska voter in October. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Voter rights in jeopardy — then and now

Unless we have voting rights equity for all, we can neither have nor maintain our democracy.

  • Oct 26, 2020
  • By carolyn Brown
This photo shows a by-mail ballot sent to an Alaska voter in October. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
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Opinion: I find our political division concerning

We must start to try to understand where another person’s political views are coming from.

  • Oct 26, 2020
  • By Lilli Reynolds
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Opinion: An independent judiciary is important

The same old players are back echoing their 2010 and 2016 attacks on our independent judiciary.

  • Oct 25, 2020
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