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Strong Republican leadership on bipartisan clean energy solutions Author: Lesil McGuire Published January 10 Share on Facebook Print article Republicans in Congress, led by Alaska’s own Sen. Lisa Murkowski, should be proud of the hard work it took to include an array of clean energy provisions in the recent bipartisan COVID-19 relief and omnibus spending bill. These provisions include the Energy Act of 2020 — the first clean energy innovation package passed by Congress in more than a decade — and will help advance clean energy here in Alaska and across the country. In addition to...

Print article We have a lot to look forward to in 2021. Although 2020 was a very challenging year, it was not all bad news. Alaskans achieved an incredible victory with respect to the proposed Pebble Mine. In November, the Alaska District of the Army Corps of Engineers rejected a key federal permit for the project. The Corps denied the permit because it concluded that Pebble would cause significant degradation to the waters and fisheries of Bristol Bay and issuing a permit to Pebble was not in the public’s interest. This was a huge victory.  Alaskans should celebrate it. Despite this po...

Alaska’s government is embarrassing itself with expensive PR contracts, stonewalling Author: Paul Jenkins Published January 8 Share on Facebook Print article For those of us deeply leery of government, it largely being a nexus between nincompoopery and super-inflated egos, it is no surprise when it does something really dumb — even less of a surprise when it does it again and again. Take, for instance, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, which too often seems to have a tin ear, to go out of its way to exhibit a certain level of bureaucratic arrogance that, at times, seems almost...

Print article After a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol on Wednesday, commentators and elected officials — notably House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. — decried the events as “un-American.” In an interview with a Boston radio station on Thursday, Harvard historian Jill Lepore went so far as to say, “We are off the grid of American history.” There’s no disputing that the assault was remarkable. But “un-American” is the wrong adjective. A better way to make sense of the news of the past few days — not only the violent occupation in Washington but also the histo...

Print article On Wednesday, I looked at the ugliness unfolding in our capital and what did I see? Racism. Colonization. Slavery. They manifested in my mind’s eye as I witnessed the fear and desperation of those who have chosen to embrace the myth of white supremacy. This is not and has never been just about an election. It is not about Democrat vs. Republican, left vs. right. In our recent history, this society and many other parts of the world have undertaken the painful and beautiful struggle for a more dignified human existence. This struggle was raised by our ancestors who fought f...