Bruce Botelho

Her ratings in the Judicial Council poll of all the state’s practicing attorneys are among the highest ever received by any judicial officer.

No dark money. Open primaries. Ranked-choice voting. It’s time for Alaska to lead the U.S. in government of, by and for the people.

We stand firm in the belief that this administration and Legislature have to come together and work through their differences of opinion in the public interest.

OPINION: We deplore the partisan effort to deprive Alaska voters of a choice between the actions of the Parnell administration and the opportunity for a new beginning that the Walker-Mallott team offers.

Thousands of Alaskans live, work and play along Alaska's 44,000 miles of coastline. We fish for salmon and halibut, harvest herring, shrimp, herring roe, crabs, and seaweed, dig for clams, watch the whales for fun and hunt them for food, drill for oil and gas, dig for gold, pick berries, harvest timber, hunt, kayak and surf, and, in the quiet of a summer evening, stand on a rocky shore and marvel at the wonder that is Alaska's coast.

Alaska is now the only coastal state without a coastal management program, but Alaskans need one to give communities a voice in balancing potentially competing uses and economic activities.

On Nov. 2, Alaskans will be asked to increase the size of the legislature. Ballot Measure 1 would amend the Alaska Constitution by adding two senators and four representatives to the state legislature. Because I believe this amendment will benefit our republican form of government, I urge a "yes" vote.