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    U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, addresses a crowd with President-elect Donald Trump present. (Photo from U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s office)
    Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s Orwellian style of transparency
    By Rich Moniak • December 26, 2024 1:30 am

    When I read that President-elect Donald Trump had filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, my first thoughts were…

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: A butthead named Baster
    By Nick Varney • November 27, 2024 2:30 am

    Time now for the Baster saga that took place a few years ago

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    Rosa Parks, whose civil rights legacy has recent been subject to revision in class curriculums. (Public domain photo from the National Archives and Records Administration Records)
    Point of View: Proud to be ‘woke’
    By Rodger Painter • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

    Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era of wokeness…

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    The Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage. (Alaska Department of Family and Community Services photo)
    Point of View: Small wins make big impacts...
    By Kim Kovol • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage, is operated by the Department of Family and…

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    Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination
    Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination
    By Rich Moniak • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

    Aside from not being a lifelong Republican like Peter Wehner, the sentiment he expressed in The Atlantic a few weeks…

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    State Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, left, confers with Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and other members during an April 24, 2024 floor session. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: This could be Alaska’s last shot at...
    By Larry Persily • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

    The next two years may be Alaska’s last chance for productive, bipartisan legislative action.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: The Beast
    By Nick Varney • October 17, 2024 1:30 am

    We first noticed what looked to be trouble brewing in the far hinterlands of the Bering Sea while watching the…

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    Out of the Office: Bitter patience for sweet...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 29, 2024 1:30 am

    The last time I wrote for this column, I was digging raspberry plants out of my friend’s backyard.

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    Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board members, staff and advisors meet Oct. 30, 2023. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: The concerns of reasonable Alaskans isn’t ‘noise’
    By Rich Moniak • July 2, 2024 1:30 am

    During a legislative hearing on Monday, CEO Deven Mitchell referred to controversy it’s created as “noise.”

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    Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom addresses the crowd during an inaugural celebration for her and Gov. Mike Dunleavy at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Jan. 20, 2023.
    Opinion: The many truths Dahlstrom will deny
    By Rich Moniak • June 26, 2024 1:30 am

    Real conservatives wouldn’t be trashing the rule of law

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    Nick Varney. Photo provided
    Reeling ‘Em In: Fishing picks up with the...
    By Nick Varney • May 29, 2024 2:30 am

    So, let’s start this week’s column with some cool news.

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    Apayauq Reitan, the first transgender woman to participate in the Iditarod, tells the House Education Committee on March 30, 2023, why she opposes a bill restricting transgender rights. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: The imaginary transgender sports crisis
    By Rich Moniak • May 22, 2024 1:30 am

    House Bill 183 is a right-wing solution to a problem that doesn’t exist now and never will

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    Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo
A Celebrity Cruises ship docks in Juneau on July 15, 2023.
    My Turn: It is possible to be pro-tourism...
    By Stuart Hallam • May 22, 2024 1:30 am

    I originally came to town as a visitor over 30 years ago. I found a vibrant town and vibrant visitor…

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