Opinion

Opinion: Alaska’s resource future can be a win-win

Opinion: Alaska’s resource future can be a win-win

Alaska is on the verge of its greatest resource production renaissance.

  • Mar 21, 2019
  • By CHUCK KOPP
Opinion: Alaska’s resource future can be a win-win
Opinion: Invest in Alaska by investing in ferry system

Opinion: Invest in Alaska by investing in ferry system

Defunding them threatens the prosperity, health of our coastal communities and villages.

  • Mar 20, 2019
  • By ALAN GROSS
Opinion: Invest in Alaska by investing in ferry system
Opinion: AIDEA is critical to resource development in Alaska

Opinion: AIDEA is critical to resource development in Alaska

The state needs to develop its abundant natural resources.

Opinion: AIDEA is critical to resource development in Alaska
Opinion: Educating children should be more than just a financial decision

Opinion: Educating children should be more than just a financial decision

Alaska can and must do better by its children.

  • Mar 19, 2019
Opinion: Educating children should be more than just a financial decision
Opinion: Ferry system is an Alaska icon

Opinion: Ferry system is an Alaska icon

Longterm solution necessary to save AMHS.

  • Mar 19, 2019
  • By LARRY JOHANSEN
Opinion: Ferry system is an Alaska icon
Opinion: Solving the opioid epidemic starts with cracking down on fentanyl

Opinion: Solving the opioid epidemic starts with cracking down on fentanyl

It’s a problem we can solve with smart and proactive policy choices.

Opinion: Solving the opioid epidemic starts with cracking down on fentanyl
Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy’s budget and the damage it would cause

Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy’s budget and the damage it would cause

Cutting waste is one thing. Hacking at opportunity and the economy is another.

  • Mar 18, 2019
  • By LES GARA
Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy’s budget and the damage it would cause
Opinion: The firecracker budget and Green New Deal

Opinion: The firecracker budget and Green New Deal

A warning against the shrinking marketplace of ideas in Alaska’s budget debate.

  • Mar 17, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
  • budget
Opinion: The firecracker budget and Green New Deal
Opinion: Sullivan showing leadership with bill to address ‘child care deserts’

Opinion: Sullivan showing leadership with bill to address ‘child care deserts’

Legislation will ensure more parents in Alaska can enter or remain in workforce.

  • Mar 15, 2019
  • By MARK SHRIVER
Opinion: Sullivan showing leadership with bill to address ‘child care deserts’
Opinion: Eliminate Alaska’s oil tax credits

Opinion: Eliminate Alaska’s oil tax credits

The state is receiving nothing in return.

Opinion: Eliminate Alaska’s oil tax credits
Opinion: I ran into Gov. Dunleavy on the street. Here’s what I wish I told him.

Opinion: I ran into Gov. Dunleavy on the street. Here’s what I wish I told him.

We should all hope that Standing Tall means more than treating the lands and people of our great state as simple warehouse widgets.

  • Mar 12, 2019
  • By Kevin Maier
Opinion: I ran into Gov. Dunleavy on the street. Here’s what I wish I told him.
Opinion: Job losses are personal. I should know.

Opinion: Job losses are personal. I should know.

I’m preparing to tell you something very personal and intensely painful.

Opinion: Job losses are personal. I should know.
Opinion: AEL&P is short on power, but don’t tell anyone

Opinion: AEL&P is short on power, but don’t tell anyone

The public needs to know how to plan for a renewable future.

  • Mar 11, 2019
  • By DANIELLE REDMOND
Opinion: AEL&P is short on power, but don’t tell anyone
Opinion: Congress needs more members like Sen. Murkowski

Opinion: Congress needs more members like Sen. Murkowski

She embraces and exhibits a conscientious relationship to higher values.

  • Mar 10, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
Opinion: Congress needs more members like Sen. Murkowski
Opinion: The consequences of protecting and defending the PFD

Opinion: The consequences of protecting and defending the PFD

Great care must be taken as policy is debated and adopted.

  • Mar 10, 2019
  • By BENJAMIN BROWN
Opinion: The consequences of protecting and defending the PFD
Opinion: Privatizing Alaska Psychiatric Institute is a mistake

Opinion: Privatizing Alaska Psychiatric Institute is a mistake

Alaska has a history of selling its psychiatric patients to the lowest bidder.

  • Mar 8, 2019
  • By FAITH MYERS
Opinion: Privatizing Alaska Psychiatric Institute is a mistake
Opinion: With Gov. Dunleavy’s budget, timing is everything

Opinion: With Gov. Dunleavy’s budget, timing is everything

It isn’t hard to see where we are headed.

  • Mar 8, 2019
  • By WIN GRUENING For the Juneau Empire
Opinion: With Gov. Dunleavy’s budget, timing is everything
Opinion: Alaskans must stand up against cuts to higher education

Opinion: Alaskans must stand up against cuts to higher education

The entirety of Alaska stands to lose.

  • Mar 7, 2019
  • By DAWSON MANN and JAMES McLEAN
Opinion: Alaskans must stand up against cuts to higher education
Opinion: Governor’s nonsensical budget leaves no choice but fighting back

Opinion: Governor’s nonsensical budget leaves no choice but fighting back

Dunleavy’s proposed budget is flat-out absurd.

  • Mar 6, 2019
  • By Bruce Scandling
Opinion: Governor’s nonsensical budget leaves no choice but fighting back
Opinion: When it comes to net neutrality, Alaska has bigger fish to fry

Opinion: When it comes to net neutrality, Alaska has bigger fish to fry

It’s critical that all players on the internet are held to the same standard.

  • Mar 6, 2019
  • By SHANE TEWS
Opinion: When it comes to net neutrality, Alaska has bigger fish to fry