Alaska needs COVID-19 relief, the sooner the better
Business owners whose livelihoods are in danger are clamoring for a solution, and they deserve one.
Editorials
Alaska is back open. It’s up to us now.
How well we succeed will be a matter of individual and collective responsibility, avoiding complacency and keeping up safe behaviors.
Another step toward a world we recognize
We’ve earned the hugs that our slightly expanded social bubbles will make possible.
The Legislature’s unfinished to-do list
Alaskans are starting to get back to work, and it’s time for the Alaska Legislature to get back to work as well.
Beating COVID-19 together will be hard. Divided, it may be impossible.
We’ve got a narrow tightrope to walk. We can’t do it if we resort to the same partisan division that marks nearly every other issue.
Pandemic is no time for partisanship and ego politics
Gov. Dunleavy and legislators should swallow their egos, talk to one another and hammer out a COVID-19 relief solution.
What’s possible — and what isn’t — as we seek a COVID-19 ‘new normal’
It will be a slow process, no doubt more frustrating and economically painful than many would prefer.
Alaska’s economic pain is just beginning
State and federal officials must act quickly to keep us off the rocks in the short-term, while we plan for the rough water to come.
The coronavirus wave is coming. Let’s make sure we’re ready.
Viruses are implacable. Opening the door back up even a crack will give the pandemic the opportunity it needs.
Alaskans need help dealing with COVID-19 impacts. When is it coming?
What kind of relief is coming to Alaskans, and when? The answer depends on who you are and what you do.
Listen to the doctors: Alaska needs a travel ban, shelter-in-place order
We’ve been given the gift of a little time, but it’s vanishing fast. We must make the most of it.
Alaskans have done good work fighting COVID-19. It’s about to get harder.
Infection numbers, and this situation, will get far worse before they get better. But it could have been far worse than that.
Banks divesting from Arctic oil development are in a glass house throwing stones
All the banks’ talk doesn’t amount to meaningful action toward their stated environmental goals.
You probably won’t get coronavirus. But here’s how it’s going to affect you anyway.
Alaska is squarely in the crosshairs to be affected by secondary impacts of the disease’s global reach.
How do we end Alaska’s plague of sexual violence?
The damage done by sexual assault is generational. If we don’t commit to rooting it out now, it will poison Alaska’s future.
If Alaska legalizes gambling, why not go all in?
Gambling revenue wouldn’t be a silver bullet by any means. But people should have the right, and Alaska can use the money.
What happened to all the ferries?
The ferry system needs a comprehensive long-term strategy that’s insulated from the short-term election cycle.
A tax all Alaskans can agree on
The state fuel tax hasn’t been updated in 50 years, and our roads are suffering. It’s long past time.
Alaska isn’t wrong to look for savings. But here’s why private prisons are a bad bet.
The Department of Corrections has plenty of issues to tackle. Sending prisoners Outside to ‘criminal college’ would make them worse.
School fiasco shows federal earthquake aid is broken
As with too many one-size-fits-all federal solutions, the problem is good intentions and poor on-the-ground awareness.