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Dr. Patricia Auerbach is chief medical officer at UnitedHealthcare of Alaska. (courtesy photo)

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Alaska Voices: Flu vs. COVID-19: Tips on prevention and telling the difference

Given the impact of COVID-19, reducing spread of respiratory illnesses, like the flu, is critical

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Alaska Voices: Vote to retain Justice Susan Carney

Justice Carney has devoted her entire career to public service.

In this 2007 file photo, an oil transit pipeline runs across the tundra to flow station at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska’s North Slope. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Alaska Voices: Ballot Measure 1 makes important improvements

Our current tax policy is flawed in several respects and should be amended and improved.

Kim Reitmeier, executive director of the ANCSA Regional Association (courtesy photo)

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Alaska Voices: Ballot Measure 1 to cost thousands of jobs, billions in economic harm

Ballot Measure 1 is not the way forward for Alaskan jobs or families.

The Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska Voices: Show us the money

Interactive website allows citizens, candidates to build real budgets

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Alaska Voices: Will America’s democracy die?

The most significant factor weakening democracy is buildup of rigid hatred between political parties

A Homer resident casts their vote during the Primary Election on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at Homer City Hall.(Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Opinion: Vote Ballot Measure 2 gives voices to Alaska’s independent voters

All candidates will vie for Alaskans’ votes on an equal footing.

Les Gara (courtesy photo)

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Opinion: A vote for Ballot Measure 1 is a vote for Alaska

Ballot Measure 1 says we don’t have to live with self-inflicted poverty.

Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Corri A. Feige.

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Opinion: Thank you, wildland firefighters!

This fall marks the end of a well-below-average fire season in Alaska.

This undated file photo shows the Trans-Alaska pipeline and pump station north of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Alaska Voices: Ballot Measure 1 harmful for rural Alaska

Oil supports one out of every four jobs in Alaska and half our state budget.

Hal Shepherd in an undated photo taken near Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Hal Shepherd.)

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Point of View: Is sacrificing ANWR worth it?

There are alternatives to sacrificing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain

Voting stations sit ready in Homer City Hall during the regular municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Ballot Measure 2 provides opportunity for change

Choose ranked-choice voting and put away hyper-partisanship

In this 2007 file photo, an oil transit pipeline runs across the tundra to flow station at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska’s North Slope. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Alaska Voices: Restore fiscal sanity, vote “yes” on Ballot Measure 1

Do not listen to the same broken promises and expect the future to be different.

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Alaska Voices: Finish the ballot!

Voters have an incredible amount of information on whether to retain or remove judges in office.

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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 casts a pall over students’ futures

We can ensure the energy industry will be able to continue supplying jobs for generations to come.

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Alaska Voices: Serious money

“Alaska is not broke.”

Andrew Crow, board president, Alaska Behavioral Health (courtesy photo)

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Let’s work to remove the stigma of mental illness

Even in normal times, 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience a mental illness.

Ronnie Leach. (Photo provided)

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Point of View: Domestic Violence in the time of COVID

Domestic violence is not put on pause because we are living through a pandemic.

Robin Brena (courtesy)

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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 means jobs!

They told us SB21 would help our economy and create jobs when it passed.

Jeremy Field, regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (courtesy photo)

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Opinion: Small Manufacturing Firms Continue to Drive Alaska Economy

29,000 manufacturing jobs were added in August 2020 alone.