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Point of View: Letting politics influence permanent fund decisions creates possibilities for misery
An impartial board of trustees is the only vaccine against politicizing the fund.
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Opinion: A constitutional convention is fraught with danger
Please follow the constitutional convention issue as it works its way through the political process.
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Point of View: Reflections during December snow
Then the stories of fellow Americans who give to help out as the money mounts into the millions…
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Alaska Voices: Thank you, Legislators, for your fiscal responsibility
The bipartisan House Majority came together with a pledge to not overspend our permanent fund earnings.
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Alaska Voices: Alaska infrastructure and jobs more important than politics
Dunleavy was silent on federal infrastructure, jobs bill.
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Opinion: Broadband should be accessible everywhere in Alaska
Broadband will dissolve the divide between rural and urban.
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Alaska Voices: What COP26 means for Alaska
Climate change stands out as a majorly important and urgent issue.
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Dunleavy: Admin upholds Alaskans’ freedom, liberty and privacy rights
Attacks on our individual liberties, constitutional rights and our economic future are being waged by the federal government.
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Opinion: Legislation good for Alaska embarrasses Trump and Dunleavy
Ferry schedule again has gaps.
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Voices of the Peninsula: What do voting statistics say about our democracy?
Kenai Peninsula Borough total voter turnout in this past October 2021 municipal election was a sad 11.84%.
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Opinion: The truth Dunleavy should tell about COVID vaccines
Dunleavy made a political calculation to appease his party’s angry base by joining the lawsuits against the mandates.
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Opinion: Rural broadband is essential infrastructure
Broadband funding is available. The rest is up to Alaskans.
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Voices of the Peninsula: The Dream Team saves the day
The story, I believe, speaks to the goodness of humankind.
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Alaska Voices: A mom’s and pediatrician’s perspective on COVID-19 vaccines for children
I want to see children and their parents who have yet to get vaccinated roll up their sleeves.
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Opinion: State defends its right to cut nonexistent taxes
This from a state that has no property tax on homes or businesses, only on the oil industry.
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Opinion: The foolish men claiming self-defense
It’s not just misguided teenagers carrying guns who find themselves in trouble with the law.
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Alaska Voices: Feeling grateful this Thanksgiving for the COVID vaccines
The COVID vaccines remain our strongest tool in combating the pandemic and helping us return to our lives…
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Voices of the Peninsula: All votes matter
In the beginning, only property-holding white men could vote.
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Point of View: Is management of Cook Inlet catered to special interest groups?
If these fish are so at risk, why is BOEM able to move forward with lease sale 258?