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Opinion, The Alaska Current

Opinion, The Alaska Current
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Opinion: We Create our own Bullies

When Hilcorp threatened to leave Alaska if our legislature decides that they should pay corporate taxes, something that is standard for major oil companies...

OPINION: Repetitive Lies Exaggerate Soundness of State’s Development Plans

Gov. Mike Dunleavy took a page from Trump’s playbook in staging his recent “Sustainable Energy Conference”: repeat an untruth often enough and many people...

OPINION: There is a Plan to Address Homelessness, and it’s Working

What’s this Clean Slate Strategy? Is the Anchorage Assembly considering sanctioned camps? What’s going on at Tudor and Elmore? Why are there so many...

OPINION: The Economic Case for a Significant Investment in Education

I am proud to be a born and raised Fairbanksan. I love our amazing community and I plan to stay here for the rest...

OPINION: Alaska is facing a foster care crisis

Alaska is facing a foster care crisis. The good news is that with your help we can fix what harms our children the most.  Today,...

OPINION: Enough Talk of a Fiscal Plan – Alaska Needs Fiscal Action

The House Majority is the biggest roadblock to long-term fiscal stability for Alaska. Leadership will not bring bills to the floor that would address...

New Reality Shows Signal Next Boom for Alaska TV

There are two new Alaska reality shows that are a delightful throwback to 1. Setting reality shows in Alaska and 2. The Golden Age...

OPINION: It’s Time to Step Up and Fund Education

It is time to make bold investments in Alaska and the future of our children and families. It is time for the legislature to...

OPINION: Nonprofits Need Unions Too

Last month, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council workers announced they were forming a union. Non-management staff publicly declared a supermajority of support and submitted a...

OPINION: The Consequences of Anchorage’s Overbuilt Environment

In the 1994 film “Blank Check,” an escaped convict drives over an 11-year-old’s bicycle, hastily writes him a blank check to cover the damages,...

OPINION: Mayor Dave Bronson’s Stubborn Approach to Homelessness Will Cost Taxpayers Millions but Yield Little Result

Mayor Dave Bronson’s Administration broke the law by telling Roger Hickel to go ahead with work on the Tudor and Elmore Navigation Center, absent...

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