Opinion

Opinion: Let’s teach our kids science, not scare them with half-truths

Opinion: Let’s teach our kids science, not scare them with half-truths

Our schools should be committed to all science subjects.

  • May 20, 2019
  • By WIN GRUENING
Opinion: Let’s teach our kids science, not scare them with half-truths
Opinion: Time for some budget humility

Opinion: Time for some budget humility

Economists are failing Gov. Dunleavy.

  • May 19, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
Opinion: Time for some budget humility
Opinion: Stop the repeal of important tool to fight Medicaid fraud

Opinion: Stop the repeal of important tool to fight Medicaid fraud

Revoke the repeal of the whistleblower provisions.

  • May 16, 2019
  • By Emily Stabile
Opinion: Stop the repeal of important tool to fight Medicaid fraud
Changes coming to the Juneau Empire and Capital City Weekly

Changes coming to the Juneau Empire and Capital City Weekly

A more robust digital product is coming.

  • May 16, 2019
  • By ROBERT MONTEITH
Changes coming to the Juneau Empire and Capital City Weekly
Opinion: Strong support for responsible resource development in Southeast Alaska

Opinion: Strong support for responsible resource development in Southeast Alaska

A Southeast Alaskan vision for Southeast.

Opinion: Strong support for responsible resource development in Southeast Alaska
Opinion: Alaska may as well have approved the death sentence

Opinion: Alaska may as well have approved the death sentence

The state is refusing to pay for my daughter’s care.

  • May 14, 2019
  • By James Studley
Opinion: Alaska may as well have approved the death sentence
Opinion: Frank Murkowski’s vision for Southeast Alaska takes us in the wrong direction

Opinion: Frank Murkowski’s vision for Southeast Alaska takes us in the wrong direction

Murkowski fails to look beyond the roads we’ve already traveled.

  • May 13, 2019
  • By MEREDITH TRAINOR
Opinion: Frank Murkowski’s vision for Southeast Alaska takes us in the wrong direction
Opinion: A story of family and the human spirit

Opinion: A story of family and the human spirit

Juneau family, exchange student form bonds.

  • May 12, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
Opinion: A story of family and the human spirit
Opinion: Arts and culture integral to Alaska’s rural communities

Opinion: Arts and culture integral to Alaska’s rural communities

It’s a big contributor to the economy, quality of life.

  • May 12, 2019
  • By BENJAMIN BROWN
Opinion: Arts and culture integral to Alaska’s rural communities
Opinion: Now is the time to limit state spending

Opinion: Now is the time to limit state spending

Alaska’s fiscal dilemma remains residents’ top concern.

  • May 10, 2019
  • By KATI CAPOZZI
Opinion: Now is the time to limit state spending
Opinion: Raiding the PFD is the easy thing to do

Opinion: Raiding the PFD is the easy thing to do

Politicians seem incapable of making difficult choices.

  • May 10, 2019
  • By MIKE McCURLEY
Opinion: Raiding the PFD is the easy thing to do
Opinion: Our schools are challenged, but thriving

Opinion: Our schools are challenged, but thriving

Data doesn’t tell the entire story.

  • May 9, 2019
  • By PAMELA GARCIA
Opinion: Our schools are challenged, but thriving
Opinion: University of Alaska is fully committed to the student experience

Opinion: University of Alaska is fully committed to the student experience

Graduates are prepared to lead the way to Alaska’s future.

  • May 8, 2019
  • By JIM JOHNSEN
Opinion: University of Alaska is fully committed to the student experience
Opinion: Ferry system vital to maritime communities

Opinion: Ferry system vital to maritime communities

Save our road, save our cities.

  • May 8, 2019
  • By CALVIN CASIPIT
Opinion: Ferry system vital to maritime communities
Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford

Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford

Lower PFD would balance budget, allow funding of core services.

  • May 8, 2019
  • By CHRIS BIRCH
Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford
Keep funding the WWAMI program

Keep funding the WWAMI program

I hope the Legislature recognizes the value that locally educated physicians add to our health care system.

  • May 7, 2019
  • By Jill Carlile
  • health
Keep funding the WWAMI program
Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life

Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life

“This cannot be happening to me.”

  • May 7, 2019
  • By Kevin Clarkson
Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life
Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage

Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage

Bristol Bay’s fish, wildlife and economic prosperity are at stake.

  • May 6, 2019
  • By PERK PERKINS and DAVE BULTHUIS
Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage
Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

Current criminal laws tie our hands, state prosecutors say.

  • May 5, 2019
  • By ANGIE KEMP and JOHN NOVAK
Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now
Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal

Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal

Politicians are in pursuit of a mythical creature called efficiency.

  • May 5, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal