Frank Murkowski

Delegates would have significantly different competing interests, many of which would be divisive and not in the state’s best interest.

Let’s get on track and start blowing the whistles.

Why do we need the state to operate another development bank? Alaskans need an answer to this question.

The unwillingness to produce the minerals needed for the green revolution in the United States has a global impact.

Either by accident or design, we may be now experiencing the demise of the Alaska Marine Highway System.

Alaska’s ferries are in free-fall. What about a Southeast regional authority running its own system?

There is no definitive date when the pandemic will end, and we must act now before the summer gets underway.

We must act collectively as a party of people and principles who support the fundamentals and guidelines of our nation’s founders.

When opportunity knocks, we can’t just pull the covers over our heads and hope that someone else will help us out.

We don’t need 16.2 million acres of the 16.9-million-acre Tongass National Forest to be “protected” from the Alaskans who live in Southeast.

I believe it is time to decide whether to establish a state-owned corporation like the Alaska Railroad or to continue the status quo under the DOT.

Thanks to President Jim Johnsen and the Board of Regents for their service in addressing this difficult policy decision.

The Taiwanese people chose democracy over communism, and they’ve set a strong example in fighting COVID-19.

I believe it would be a mistake to now wade in to the morass of budgeting and operational scheduling without resolving the issue of restructuring the whole system.

We know where the Alaska Marine Highway System has been, but the crucial issue is where it is going.