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Opinion: Music to the ears of America’s adversaries

Two weeks ago, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan made a commendable effort to end Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s, R-Ala., one-man…

(Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Imagine the cost of health and happiness if set by prescription drug companies

I’ve been reading more about prescription drug prices lately: How they are set; why many are so high,…

A rainbow appears over downtown as residents check out rows of electric vehicles at Juneau’s EV & E-bike Roundup on Sept. 23. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: We should all pay more for the privilege of driving

Alaska has the lowest gas tax in the country

Deven Mitchell, executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (Courtesy photo)

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Opinion: Providing for generations of Alaskans

As a public endowment, the wealth of the Fund is the responsibility of every resident of the state

LaDawn Druce asks Sen. Jesse Bjorkman a question during a town hall event on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Opinion: Addressing Kenai Peninsula’s education and public safety employee shortage

Many of our best and brightest educators take a hard and close look at the teacher’s retirement system…

A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Opinion

Last call to voice your vote!

By voting, even if they are uncontested seats, you are honoring the civic duty of voting and acknowledging…

Nick Varney

Community

Thanksgiving memories of the unhinged kind

Let’s take a first look at the oncoming day of feasting

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Point of View: Guard our Fund – pass a constitutional PFD now

For a long time, significant issues about our Permanent Fund have been bungled and avoided. How long?

Winter Marshall-Allen

Opinion

Point of View: Les Gara for governor, for Alaska’s children, and our public education system

Residing in a pristine resource rich state, such as Alaska, is a blessing. Developing these resources in a…

Larry Persily

Opinion

Opinion: Revenues should be determined before more PFD spending

The governor believes the dividend drives the entire calculation. Sadly, he has it backwards

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POV: Well by Doing Good: Philanthropy as a Business Model

Growing up in Anchor Point as a precocious and involved youngster, I was often the recipient of local…

Opinion

Sound Publishing Editorial: Tax credit proposal would aid local journalism

Bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House would offer tax credits to advertisers and subscribers.

Point of View: A Christmas Homecoming

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Point of View: A Christmas Homecoming

During her busy and too-brief life, my wife helped in many nonprofit organizations. I never did. As a…