The explanation Gov. Mike Dunleavy gave for vetoing SB 64 is it “may present legal concerns” and “would impose significant operational burdens on the administration of Alaska's elections during an election year in which several statewide contests will occur.”

From Metlakatla to Unalaska, maritime industries are not just part of our economy, they are the economy. Commercial fishing, mariculture, charter fishing, vessel repair, seafood processing, research and marine transportation support thousands of jobs and sustain communities that depend on the working waterfront.

Ray Bradbury’s novel "Fahrenheit 451" is set in a near-future American city where mass entertainment, constant noise, and shallow media have replaced reading, reflection, and meaningful conversation, and where owning books is a serious crime.

Juneau is facing some serious challenges and unfortunately it is bringing out the worst in some folks. While we should be worrying about our flooding in the valley, our seasonal economy, our housing shortage, and our outmigration of the younger generation, instead we are milling about and shouting that the sky is falling due to the perceived budget shortfall.

I don’t believe the proposed multi-multibillion-dollar Alaska North Slope gas project will be built. It’s too expensive.

The surging price of gas caused by the war with Iran has become an inextricable problem for President Donald Trump. On Wednesday he reverted to insults. “Iran can’t get their act together,” he wrote in a social media post. “They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!”

A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of dollars in wildfire grant funding and fire reduction projects on federal lands.

What is the point of local government? It's the government we see most in our day-to-day lives and the government we turn to first when things go wrong. The current estimated $12 million shortfall, while not insignificant, does not warrant panicked reactions. Erratic changes in baseline city services are bad for everyone and should be the last, not the first option.

A recent opinion article by Scott Spickler highlights the hypocrisy and disingenuousness of the Affordable Juneau Coalition. Mr. Spickler wrote that he wants “to help young people starting out in life”…but then goes on to say that the financial break he’s giving them is “small.”

I was surprised to read recent social posts claiming that the effort to remove sales tax on food and lower the cap on property taxes came from a group of “old, wealthy, white men” meeting behind closed doors in Juneau. That characterization isn’t just inaccurate — it distracts from the real conversation our community should be having.

As of this week, the state treasury already can bank on depositing about $200 million more in oil revenue than it would have received at prices before the president started a war against Iran, driving up the value of oil.

State’s gas shortage is hitting electricity consumers in Fairbanks and the Mat-Su, and will likely affect home heating prices, as well.