Bob Lynn

There’s so much in the news. Sometimes we miss human interest stories that are both heartrending and encouraging.

OPINION: Despite recent fear-mongering, HB1 is worth supporting. It doesn't make sense that currently a foreign visitor can enter Alaska legally, with a visa or other document that expires sometime soon, and get an Alaska driver’s license for five years. That needs to change.

Nothing like a little practical experience on the road to my 2011 appointment to the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics as an alternate -- I inadvertently found myself on the wrong end of an ethics complaint process initiated by my primary election (and subsequent general election official write-in) opponent.

It's past time to bring political campaign disclosure into the 21st century. Instant transparency is needed. That's why I'll be filing legislation in January to establish an On-Line Campaign Banking and Reporting System that will make campaign contributions and expenditures visible to the world in real time.