EDITORIAL: Welcome to the nanny state
It isn’t that the Assembly’s rule is a tremendous burden — most places already verify customers’ ages. Rather, it’s that there’s no need for it.
EDITORIAL: Time’s up for Alaska’s natural gas pipe dreams
Are we closer than ever to a gas line — or have we never been further away?
EDITORIAL: What does Alaska’s nonresident workforce cost us?
We should take a long look at some of the harder truths that Alaska’s high percentage of nonresident workers reveals.
EDITORIAL: How Alaska can fix its sluggish ballot-counting problem
By implementing these fixes, the state can restore confidence in its ability to administer elections and get results reported more quickly.
EDITORIAL: Alaska education commissioner’s AI blunder has lessons for us
Our top education executive is under-educated on the proper use of AI, and we shouldn’t send our students into the world similarly unequipped.
EDITORIAL: Stepping back from the precipice of hyper-partisanship
We’ve got a long way to go, and like it or not, we have to travel that road together.
EDITORIAL: In civic projects and electoral politics, look to the future
We need leaders, regardless of party, who can work with anyone and move all-out toward a solution, even if it wasn’t their idea in the first place.
EDITORIAL: Should political parties or voters decide who represents Alaska?
Do we want to return to a system where the big political parties overwhelmingly controlled Alaskans’ election choices?
EDITORIAL: Voting on Alaska judges matters — and here’s how you can learn more about them
It’s not too much to ask to keep Alaska’s most functional branch of government running.
EDITORIAL: What the video of the police shooting of Easter Leafa revealed
The mistakes surrounding the police shooting of Easter Leafa were not illegal, but they were obvious and preventable, and we should expect better.