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

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It is time to make bold investments in Alaska and the future of our children and families. It is time for the legislature to act and make our public education system whole again by increasing the Base Student Allocation...
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Lee Post: Mayor Bronson’s Playing Musical Chairs Alone

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Lee Post: The Mighty Heros of the Alaska House of Representatives Assemble

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OPINION: Nonprofits Need Unions Too

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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 request for voluntary recognition to the organization's leadership.  The story should have ended there.  Instead, the organization...
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OPINION: The Consequences of Anchorage’s Overbuilt Environment

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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, and speeds away thinking the problem is behind him. Unforeseen by the convict, the kid...
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Lee Post: Dave Bronson Digs a Hole

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What is the Governor Gifting Alaskans This Year?

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Alaska Primary Voters Had More Choice in 2022

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This article was originally published by the Sightline Institute and is republished here with permission. In Alaska, 2022 was the year of the Independent. Freed by the state’s return to open primaries, nearly half of Alaska candidates running for governor,...
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The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: The Ads

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Every now and then, you hear a song and it just hits you like a haunted freight train. Think “Oh baby baby” in 1999 (and then every Britney beat after), a group sing-along to Oasis at a college party...
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The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: U.S. Congress Edition

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Normally, I stick to covering the intricacies and minutiae of Alaska-based television programs, specifically reality TV. It’s an oddly specific niche, and has made me barely more qualified than your average modern jackass to judge a good story.  Given that,...
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