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Opinion: Permanent Fund troubles make for sad music

Alaskans are fiddling while the Permanent Fund burns

Signage marks the entrance to Nikiski Middle/High School on Monday, May 16, 2022, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Opinion: How our schools have lost touch with Alaskans

Off-road vehicles are a way of life for Nikiski residents

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Point of View: There is nothing to like about Project 2025

Project 2025 - Presidential Transition Project’s intent is radical

A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections is placed at the Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/Homer News)

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Opinion: Safeguarding our children’s future

Alaska stands at a pivotal moment ahead of the 2024 election

Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voter tidbit: What is your voting story?

Voting is crucial for democracy to work

The Alaska State Capitol on March 1, 2024. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Opinion: The Alaska State House has only itself to blame

Past the deadline, the House continued to vote and approve legislation

Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voter tidbit: All about primaries

Early primary election voting begins Aug. 5

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Opinion: Stages of motherhood and the laundry room

From the beginning to the ending of our motherly existence, our constant companion is laundry.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy hands out pens he used to sign the budget bills for the fiscal year that began July 1 to state lawmakers during a private ceremony in Anchorage on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Official photo from The Office of the Governor)

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Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy stingy with budget veto information

The governor took the budgetary management equivalent of the Fifth Amendment about 160 times in his veto spreadsheet

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. Pending recounts could determine who will spend time in the building as part of the new state Legislature. Recounts in two Anchorage-area legislative races are scheduled to take place this week, a top state elections official said Tuesday. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: 8 lawmakers upheld public trust

38 representatives and all Alaska senators voted to confirm Handeland

Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voter tidbit: What’s on the local ballot?

City and borough elections will take place on Oct. 1

Priya Helweg is the acting regional director and executive officer for the Region 10 Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

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Opinion: Delivering for people with disabilities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is working to make sure everyone has access to important…

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Opinion: The open primary reflects the voting preferences of Alaska Native communities

We set out to analyze the results of that first open primary election in 2022, to let the…

Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voter tidbit: Important information about voting in the upcoming elections

Mark your calendar now for these upcoming election dates!

An array of stickers awaits voters on Election Day 2022. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: The case for keeping the parties from controlling our elections

Neither party is about to admit that the primary system they control serves the country poorly

Larry Persily (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: State’s ‘what if’ lawsuit doesn’t much add up

The state’s latest legal endeavor came July 2 in a dubious lawsuit — with a few errors and…

The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska, on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Opinion: Speak up on net metering program

The program allows members to install and use certain types of renewable generation to offset monthly electric usage…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs bills for the state’s 2025 fiscal year budget during a private ceremony in Anchorage on Thursday, June 25, 2024. (Official photo from The Office of the Governor)

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Alaska’s ‘say yes to everything’ governor is saying ‘no’ to a lot of things

For the governor’s purposes, “everything” can pretty much be defined as all industrial development

Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board members, staff and advisors meet Oct. 30, 2023. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: The concerns of reasonable Alaskans isn’t ‘noise’

During a legislative hearing on Monday, CEO Deven Mitchell referred to controversy it’s created as “noise.”

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Opinion: Crime pays a lot better than newspapers

I used to think that publishing a quality paper, full of accurate, informative and entertaining news would produce…