With our powers combined: Utility merger pencils out for Anchorage
The purchase of ML&P by Chugach makes sense for all parties involved — the utilities, the municipality and residents.
Editorials
Alaska needs to get real on rural justice
The state isn’t treating the problem with the urgency that a public safety emergency demands. It’s time to change that.
The no-cost option that could improve Alaska education
The urge to pick up a device and check in many times per day can be compelling. That’s bad news for teachers.
To toke, or not to toke?
The wording of the city ballot measure for on-site marijuana smoking at pot shops is complicated, but it boils down to a simple proposition.
The constitutional amendment Alaska needs
Agreements to be fiscally responsible, or even statutes requiring it, are of little use when push comes to shove.
The epidemic threatening Alaska’s future
If women in Alaska can’t feel safe in their homes and communities, how can we pretend we’re succeeding as a state in any capacity?
The war for the soul of the Alaska Republican Party
Barring some transcendent healing of party rifts, in 2020, we’re headed for one of the most contentious Republican primaries in decades.
Moderation in the governor’s office? Alaska deserves a more collaborative budget approach
What happens next is the governor’s call. Let’s hope he chooses wisely.
Recall is attractive to Dunleavy’s opponents. But it’s not their best option.
At some point, choices have to be made. The governor’s opponents should think about which is more important.
Alaska’s bar wars are bureaucracy at its worst
Attempts to restrict activities that have nothing to do with alcohol at breweries and distilleries are utterly without merit.
The University of Alaska has dodged a bullet. What should it do next?
Whatever solution the university chooses, it will have little hope of success if its members — students, faculty, staff and administration — don’t recognize that change is necessary.
A third special session is coming. Here’s what should happen.
Gov. Dunleavy’s plan to pay a second supplemental PFD check is short-sighted and doesn’t acknowledge Alaska’s fiscal reality.
What we’ve learned from this year’s budget debacle
Alaskans are engaged in the political process and the specific services provided by the state like never before.
Farewell to Sen. Chris Birch, a legislator in the old Alaska tradition
Birch’s willingness to discuss and debate issues with allies and opponents alike is a character trait the Legislature could use more of, now and in the future.
Gov. Dunleavy’s controversial actions have one thing in common
It’s a tendency our founders warned against, and one that the Legislature and Alaskans should keep an eye on.
Stepping into the void of leadership
The municipality’s step forward to discuss ways to help increase shelter capacity is not only prudent, but also necessary.
Which Alaska do we want?
Every day without action compounds the uncertainty and hardship already facing Alaskans. Legislators, find a way to count to 45.
The inconvenient truth about the state’s budget deadlock
A cherished Alaska institution has become the center of the political maelstrom jeopardizing the state’s economy and its future.
One of the governor’s tiniest vetoes is also the most dangerous
In Alaska, the governor wields tremendous power - maybe more than any other in the country. But he should not be allowed to become an autocrat.
Gov. Dunleavy vs. the Legislature: Who will step back from the brink?
The maneuvering on both sides is political, it’s cynical, it’s power-hungry and it’s hurting Alaska.