Fixing this requires both financial and cultural changes. We need to increase school funding, increase the number of educators and reduce class sizes.

I found ranked choice voting easy, and it lets me vote for all of the candidates I support in order of my preference.

Now I know why so many Dave Bronson supporters want an extra large Permanent Fund dividend.

It has been proposed that tapping the huge geothermal reservoir under Yellowstone National Park could provide enough carbon-free energy for 400,000 homes.

It’s hard to imagine how a disabled person would deal with this. These problems don’t exist at all bus stops, but are dangerous where they are found.

No, I don’t like it, but frankly, I’ll take police over snowplows.

I don’t know who I’m voting for yet, but I guarantee it won’t be Bronson.

The state and federal council are managing for maximum production of pollock and whitefish — to the detriment of salmon and Alaska families.

I think all the handwringing over the risks and ills of AI misses a tremendous immediate value to society: Political leaders could use AI to avoid stupid mistakes.

An unnamed sore loser would have been a disaster as a president.

Most of these people can not survive on their own, and to abandon them when the governor has both the power and resources to care for them is criminal neglect.

Trans teens are being driven to suicide by behavior like this from public officials.

On Thanksgiving morning, almost 1,900 people converged on downtown streets to run the Turkey Trot, which raised almost $15,000 and 800 pounds of food for the Food Bank of Alaska.

I encourage people to look past the rainbow and unicorn narrative and acknowledge that adoption is built on a foundation of loss.

The involvement of money in our elections is a huge barrier for everyday Alaskans who run for public office but lack significant financial resources.

I’m asking you to help refocus the narrative and continue to drive innovative energy resources into Alaska.

While former President Donald Trump’s approach may create heartburn for some, his policy record makes him the clear choice for Alaska.

Currently, motorized vehicles are prohibited on the bike trails. An electric motor is still a motor, isn’t it?

Return to campaign funding limits by ballot. Limit corporations and mega-donors.

The Seawolves deserved more than a scoreboard line in the Sunday paper.

I think that it is high time for someone to express an opposing point of view in support of the mayor.

When I send my children or grandchildren to school, I want a competent teacher. When we choose a mayor, we deserve a competent administrator.

As a northern city, why can’t we keep our citizens safe? Ice isn’t good for small businesses and many of us want to shop local.

This is a story about the spirit of old-time Alaska — back, some say, when we used to have a sense of humor.

In the event of a return to the White House, Trump and his allies have already said they would marshal more executive power than his predecessors.