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Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Thriving public schools are the...
Guest Editorial: Can't hide tax owie under bandages
The great debate in Alaska over taxes sounds similar to the age-old question of whether it is less painful to yank off the bandage quickly or peel it...
Guest Editorial: There's more to state finances than oil
Most Alaska state budget watchers follow oil prices, fully realizing that they can bounce around like a small plane on a windy day, creating that same...
To the Editor
A solution to a problem To the Editor: This is a message to the retiring tradesmen. Please help our next generation learn your trade. You have...
Guest Commentary: The pollution continues at Tulsequah Chief mine
The Taku River is usually the most productive wild salmon river in Southeast Alaska and one of the most prolific on the west coast of North America...
To the Editor
We are in need of a neutral third party To the Editor: I am writing today in response to last week’s Guest Editorial, a report submitted by A...
Guest Commentary: Addressing Assembly Member Fine-Walsh's guest commentary
We are addressing Assembly Member Fine-Walsh's guest commentary published on April 20 in the Pilot. You are right, Mr. Fine-Walsh, we did want to hear...
Guest Editorial: Governor's sales tax doesn't make sense
Alaska is 30 years into state budget deficits, borrowing billions from savings to pay the bills. Gov. Mike Dunleavy is five years into the job, still...
To the Editor
Not particularly for or against a new hospital To the Editor: Let me start by saying I am not particularly for or against a new hospital but there...
Guest Commentary: My report on Petersburg Borough human resources practices and procedures
In light of the recent ruling issued by the Alaska Supreme Court in the case filed by the family of Molly Parks, I think it is important to provide a...
To the Editor
Serious scrutiny needed To the Editor: When we think about our rapidly growing national debt, it is wise to remember that the vast majority of the...
To the Editor
Thanks for going above and beyond To the Editor: I want to take a moment to recognize someone who went above and beyond for the youth of our...
Guest Editorial:
Three-term Nikiski Rep. Ben Carpenter is right, the state needs a sustainable, long-term fiscal plan. Give him credit for raising the issue. Talk of a...
Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: Things in Juneau have slowed in some ways and accelerated in others. There are fewer stakeholder meetings at the...
To the Editor
If one member of a family is ill, the family is ill The the Editor: I submit the following letter, meant to be a holiday letter to friends and...
Guest Editorial: Losing billions gets Legislature's attention
It’s embarrassing that it took billions of dollars in losses for some legislators to acknowledge that the state’s fiscal house is leaking worse tha...
Guest Commentary: Alaska's childcare crisis is too costly to ignore
Members of Alaska’s House Finance Committee struggled with a vote to pass a budget amendment that would go far to improve the historically low w...
Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: The Gold Medal Basketball Tournament last week was a welcome break from the Capitol and I enjoyed spending time with cons...
To the Editor
Educational systems are vital infrastructure To the Editor: I appreciated Dave Ellis’ letter you printed a few issues ago. Dave’s letters have always...
Guest Editorial: Legislative voices of reason are talking louder
After years of legislative debate over the size of the Permanent Fund dividend, reasonable voices are starting to grow louder, maybe even hopefully...
To the Editor
Knocking Down the Berm To the Editor: When I had lived in town for 17 years Sue Paulsen introduced me to someone as a long term resident of Petersburg...
Guest Editorial: State helps feed Alaskans, but it took too long
State officials have known for months that delays in processing applications for food stamp benefits were denying financial assistance to thousands...
Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: I was encouraged to see the support for HJR 5 during the House Floor session on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The...
To the Editor
Management failure of the Golden King Crab fishery To the Editor: I am one of 24 golden king crabbers in Petersburg. Our Petersburg fleet dominates th...
Guest Editorial Sen. Murkowski is in the right lane
Alaska’s senior U.S. senator — and former state legislator — Lisa Murkowski addressed a joint session of the Legislature last week, covering the u...