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EDITORIAL

Housing help

Rescue for homeowners isn't a free ride, but a second chance. It makes sense.

Tree award?

Anchorage may take good care of some trees, but less wholesale clear-cutting for new development would be nice.

Daily pork

NOTE: One of a series on curious items in the $3 billion capital budget awaiting veto decisions by Gov. Sarah Palin. Her deadline is May 23.

EDITORIAL

Fair pay, fair play

Equal pay for equal work should be bedrock principle of American life. Give us legislation to get there.

EDITORIAL

Daily pork

Nobody wants to see Junior impaled on a killer branch, but tell the janitor to get out his saw and cut down the bushes.

EDITORIAL

Trashed

The city needs to work out more details on a recycling plan so the Assembly has no excuse for rejecting it.

EDITORIAL

Daily pork

One of a series on curious items in the $3 billion capital budget awaiting veto decisions by Gov. Sarah Palin. Her deadline is May 23

EDITORIAL

Paying for college

$2.5 million for college grants is money well spent.

EDITORIAL

Defiant

Maybe a few years in the federal pen will help Kohring see the light.

EDITORIAL

Bullet line

The private market may make this project happen without a lot of government help.

EDITORIAL

'Invisible wounds'

PTSD and TBI are wounds of war no less real than those more obvious -- and no less demanding of treatment.

EDITORIAL

Daily pork

What is the public benefit in paying so much for a private organization's facilities?

EDITORIAL

UAA sports

Steel isn't getting any cheaper. Let the Seawolves prepare for construction of their new arena.

EDITORIAL

Metcalfe

If Jake Metcalfe doesn't own up to his campaign's role in this controversy, he should quit the race.

EDITORIAL

Young's talk falls short

Both Congress and the Justice Department should take a hard look at the Coconut Road deal.

EDITORIAL

Juneau road

The state should halt plans for a $374 million road out of Juneau.

EDITORIAL

Who's up / Who's down

The week's hills and valleys

EDITORIAL

Help is not on the way

State leaders should figure out how to better support local groups dealing with violence against Native women.

EDITORIAL

McCain's health plan

John McCain's health care plan would make an inefficient and expensive system even worse.

EDITORIAL

Race and diversity

The more constructive talk we all have on this subject, the better off Anchorage and Alaska will be.

EDITORIAL

Fair deal for vets

New GI Bill should become law, and soon.

OPINION: VIDEO

Part 1: Better bus system

People Mover riders talk about what works and what changes are needed for buses to attract more riders.

OPINION: PODCAST

Joe Contraire returns

He pans ADN's Withering Heights, the satirical saga of the conflict between Sarah the Hot and Lyda the Hammer.

OPINION: PODCAST

Withering Heights

An ongoing audio series starring Alaska's finest politicians, where you get to write the chapters.

OPINION: VIDEO

Part 2: Affordable Housing

Director of Cook Inlet Housing Authority Carol Gore talks about making affordable housing attractive for Anchorage.

OPINION: VIDEO

Part 1: Affordable Housing

Why does Anchorage have so much ugly housing? We can demand better.

BLOG

Inside Opinion

Opinion staffers discuss editorials they're working on, answer questions and invite reader perspective.

OPINION

Letters: Unfiltered

If the Daily News wasn't able to run your Letter to the Editor in print, feel free to post it online.

OPINION: VIDEO

Efficient lights

Experts visited Anchorage in March to check out local examples of money-saving, energy-efficient street lighting options. Daily News editors liked what they saw.

OPINION: AUDIO

Ugly convention center?

Architect Rollie Reid responds to critics who don't like the exterior of the convention center being built downtown.