Opinion

Opinion: Let’s think more critically about onsite pot consumption

Opinion: Let’s think more critically about onsite pot consumption

An issue of this magnitude mandates public hearings.

  • Jul 17, 2019
  • By carolyn V Brown
Opinion: Let’s think more critically about onsite pot consumption
Tammy Green

Opinion: We can’t ‘veto’ away our state’s Medicaid program

Alaskans deserve better.

  • Jul 17, 2019
  • By Tammy Green
Tammy Green
Opinion: Restore reasonable funding for the university of Alaska

Opinion: Restore reasonable funding for the university of Alaska

Precipitously cutting these scholarships is a significant violation of trust.

  • Jul 16, 2019
  • By Frank Murkowski
Opinion: Restore reasonable funding for the university of Alaska
Opinion: Thanks to the new crime bill, it’s our time

Opinion: Thanks to the new crime bill, it’s our time

We as a society have lost true meaning of respect.

  • Jul 16, 2019
  • By Katie Botz
Opinion: Thanks to the new crime bill, it’s our time
Opinion: To save kids’ lives, override Dunleavy’s vetoes

Opinion: To save kids’ lives, override Dunleavy’s vetoes

Dunleavy is trying to break Alaska with an extreme ideological agenda.

  • Jul 14, 2019
  • By Trina PaStarr
Opinion: To save kids’ lives, override Dunleavy’s vetoes
Opinion: Don’t turn our heads away from our elders

Opinion: Don’t turn our heads away from our elders

There is an apparent contempt for the oldest members of our community.

  • Jul 14, 2019
  • By Ken Helander
Opinion: Don’t turn our heads away from our elders
Opinion: How we fight wildfires needs to change

Opinion: How we fight wildfires needs to change

The time for action is now.

  • Jul 14, 2019
  • By Steve Bowhay
Opinion: How we fight wildfires needs to change
Over hundred people attend a rally starting at the Capitol to protest budget vetoes by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday, July 12, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The new PFD class divide

Dunleavy’s dividing Alaskans.

  • Jul 14, 2019
  • By Rich Moniak
Over hundred people attend a rally starting at the Capitol to protest budget vetoes by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday, July 12, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: Dunleavy’s budget will cost us in the long run

Opinion: Dunleavy’s budget will cost us in the long run

Shortsighted budgeting.

  • Jul 12, 2019
  • By Maureen Hall
Opinion: Dunleavy’s budget will cost us in the long run
Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon speaks during a rally in front of the Capitol calling for an override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes on the first day of the Second Special Session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau on Monday, July 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Earthquakes, Dunleavy’s vetoes and municipal budgets

Even though we are the capital city, we can’t call all the shots.

  • Jul 12, 2019
  • By Win Gruening
Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon speaks during a rally in front of the Capitol calling for an override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes on the first day of the Second Special Session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau on Monday, July 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: Fantasy budgets don’t work for Alaska

Opinion: Fantasy budgets don’t work for Alaska

Do the math.

  • Jul 12, 2019
  • By Anselm Staack
Opinion: Fantasy budgets don’t work for Alaska
Opinion: Stand up for our future and override the vetoes

Opinion: Stand up for our future and override the vetoes

Dunleavy’s vetoes are indiscriminately cruel and unnecessary.

  • Jul 10, 2019
  • By Miriam Boochever Medenica
Opinion: Stand up for our future and override the vetoes
Opinion: Override Dunleavy’s budget vetoes now!

Opinion: Override Dunleavy’s budget vetoes now!

Our choice is clear.

  • Jul 10, 2019
  • By Kate Troll
Opinion: Override Dunleavy’s budget vetoes now!
Jeff Short. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Dunleavy’s vetoes carry great risk

It doesn’t have to be this way.

  • Jul 9, 2019
  • By Jeffrey Short
Jeff Short. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: It’s time we earned our PFDs

Opinion: It’s time we earned our PFDs

Let’s void the notion PFDs are an entitlement.

  • Jun 30, 2019
  • By Rich Moniak
Opinion: It’s time we earned our PFDs
Opinion: Stop attacking our reproductive health care

Opinion: Stop attacking our reproductive health care

I have spent my entire career working with women.

  • Jun 28, 2019
  • By Alix Curtain
Opinion: Stop attacking our reproductive health care
Opinion: American exceptionalism, patriotic assimilation and the Fourth of July

Opinion: American exceptionalism, patriotic assimilation and the Fourth of July

It’s impossible to argue America is not a welcoming country.

  • Jun 28, 2019
  • By Win Gruening
Opinion: American exceptionalism, patriotic assimilation and the Fourth of July
Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82

Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82

Celebrating Pride is just as important today as it was in 1969.

  • Jun 28, 2019
  • By Evan Anderson
Opinion: Stand up for equality and support House Bill 82
Opinion: Planned Parenthood is wrong on Sullivan. He’s pro-life, but not anti-women.

Opinion: Planned Parenthood is wrong on Sullivan. He’s pro-life, but not anti-women.

Traditional Christian views are not out of the mainstream of thought.

  • Jun 26, 2019
  • By Ann Brown
Opinion: Planned Parenthood is wrong on Sullivan. He’s pro-life, but not anti-women.
OPINION: Sen. Dan Sullivan: Pressing the Canadian government to take action on transboundary mining

OPINION: Sen. Dan Sullivan: Pressing the Canadian government to take action on transboundary mining

It’s imperative these waters stay pristine for generations to come.

  • Jun 25, 2019
  • By Dan Sullivan
OPINION: Sen. Dan Sullivan: Pressing the Canadian government to take action on transboundary mining