Juneau Independent

I came to know Nano Brooks two years ago when I approached him about buying the business in Juneau that had been in my family for over...

As I wrote in the Juneau Empire four years ago, it “would be an epic battle” if the Roadless Rule protected 9.4 million acres of the Tongass National from development. “But it’s really an argument over 1.8% of what the statement erroneously implies.”

The reasons I am voting yes on Ballot Measures 1 and 2 boil down to Juneau affordability, financial common sense, and fairness to every age group. 

Solving Alaska’s growing shortage of state revenue is similar to that old adage: Don’t go grocery shopping when you’re hungry, you’ll make too many wrong choices.

When are you going to do something about Trump and his cronies as they dismantle democracy?

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is attempting to reverse the Roadless Rule, and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz is claiming that America’s flourishing National Forests are “overstocked."

In a move that should have started immediate impeachment proceedings, President Trump, on Sept. 6, on his Truth Social, threatened the...

I am voting no on all the propositions on the Oct. 7 municipal ballot. Let me explain. I believe in Juneau. I believe in the citizens of...

That Proposition 3 will increase the tax burden on residents is assured by the simple fact that residents spend more per month on taxed goods and services from April through September than they do from October through March.

The real “myth” isn’t whether Juneau has a slush fund — it’s pretending it doesn’t.

Wade Bryson is looking to sit for a third term, and Nano Brooks is challenging him. The short story is that I am endorsing Wade Bryson to retain his seat.

One former politician recently asserted that “Juneau has collected unprecedented property tax and sales tax revenue in the last few years and keeps rolling those millions into a slush fund,” and implied that the money is being squirreled away to be used for wasteful projects.  Another pundit referred to “over-inflated reserve accounts.”