Opinion

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
Opinion: It should be easier for Alaska’s military spouses to procure occupational licenses

Opinion: It should be easier for Alaska’s military spouses to procure occupational licenses

Many were having difficulty doing so.

  • Mar 5, 2019
  • By Sen. Scott Kawasaki
Opinion: It should be easier for Alaska’s military spouses to procure occupational licenses
Opinion: Day of reckoning for Alaska’s budget has arrived

Opinion: Day of reckoning for Alaska’s budget has arrived

Everyone must share in the cost of an economically healthy state.

  • Mar 5, 2019
  • By LARRY PERSILY
Opinion: Day of reckoning for Alaska’s budget has arrived
Opinion: Opportunities for Alaska in the new Congress

Opinion: Opportunities for Alaska in the new Congress

Sullivan says economic dynamism will head to Alaska.

  • Mar 5, 2019
  • By Sen. Dan Sullivan
  • Opinion
Opinion: Opportunities for Alaska in the new Congress
Opinion: ‘Peace through strength’ is Orwellian call to arms

Opinion: ‘Peace through strength’ is Orwellian call to arms

What does the history and future of nuclear weapons proliferation mean for Alaskans?

  • Mar 5, 2019
  • By Shelby Surdyk
Opinion: ‘Peace through strength’ is Orwellian call to arms
Opinion: The real truth about Medicaid

Opinion: The real truth about Medicaid

Having access to health care prevents dependency, not causes it.

  • Mar 5, 2019
  • By John E. Pappenheim
Opinion: The real truth about Medicaid
Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s subtle budget advice

Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s subtle budget advice

Build the budget from the bottom up.

  • Mar 3, 2019
  • By Rich Moniak
  • budget
Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s subtle budget advice
Opinion: Stop oil and gas tax credits, money for wealthy and invest in Alaskans

Opinion: Stop oil and gas tax credits, money for wealthy and invest in Alaskans

We must strongly urge our Legislature to fix the budget travesty.

  • Feb 27, 2019
  • By LUANN McVEY
Opinion: Stop oil and gas tax credits, money for wealthy and invest in Alaskans