Community Voices

Anchorage Assembly lifts jaywalking ordinance, pedestrian deaths spike

Keith McCormick   October 2, 2024

This year Anchorage has witnessed a tragic, unsettling, and statistically significant rise in pedestrian fatalities. Deaths that serve as a grim reminder of failed...

Anchorage’s inaction on homelessness

Keith McCormick   September 24, 2024

As trash plagued encampments continue to proliferate in our city’s public spaces, it has become clearer than ever that Anchorage’s homelessness problem has reached…

Prop 2 will damage Alaska tourism statewide: Vote no to keep this sustainable industry healthy

Jillian Simpson   September 20, 2024

As the CEO of the Alaska Travel Industry Association, I’m proud to represent the thousands of small businesses, families, and individuals who make up...

Out-of-state interests are undermining Alaska’s elections

Mikaela Emswiler   September 13, 2024

In a dramatic turn of events, the Alaska Democrat Party is now expressing disdain over the ranked-choice voting system (RCV) with the same fervor...

When egos clash: A look at the Tyreek Hill traffic stop incident

Terre Gales   September 12, 2024

For some reason, traffic stops expose the raw tensions of authority and power dynamics in America, and the recent incident involving NFL star Tyreek...

Turn the car around, Julia: on performative helplessness and the future of Anchorage

Spenaardvark   July 8, 2024

Anchorage welcomed a new mayor on July 1. This little animal (along with a majority of the city's voting public) breathed a long-awaited sigh...

Understanding the economic impact of Alaska’s dealer-friendly legislation

Steve Pociask   June 12, 2024

In Alaska, much like the rest of the country, people rely on their cars for everything: commuting to work, grocery shopping, accessing…

Finding common ground with our mayor

Meg Zaletel   May 23, 2024

The Assembly didn’t run for mayor. Effective local government is all about finding common ground to prosper and doing our best to solve…

SB 115 is the right way to fix healthcare access in Alaska

Christopher Dietrich   May 10, 2024

As a dedicated member of the PA community and a medical practitioner deeply invested in Alaskan healthcare, I strongly support Senate Bill 115, which...

SB 115 is the wrong way to fix healthcare access in Alaska

Thomas Quimby   May 6, 2024

Healthcare today is more complex and complicated than ever before. Rapidly evolving science and technology mean that we have more options than ever for...

Fairbanks politicians seek to overturn popular citizen tax cap

Aaron Lojewski   February 27, 2024

After a series of special meetings of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly seeking to break the decades-popular “Tax Cap” via a special election...

The absurd idea of removing the Eklutna Dam won’t just affect power costs, but also water costs

Bob Maier   January 31, 2024

An issue left undiscussed in the conversation concerning the water which Eklutna Lake provides is the authority which the Regulatory Commission of...

To address Girdwood’s housing crisis, approve the Holtan Hills land disposal

Eric Visser   January 21, 2024

Anchorage’s housing crisis permeates our news, our policy and even our politics. Driven by a variety of factors including sky-high interest rates, barriers to…

The Anchorage Assembly should approve drive-thru service for cannabis stores

Ivie Anderson   January 8, 2024

On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly will hear Ordinance No. AO 2023-118, which would allow drive-thru service at cannabis retail stores in Anchorage. I support...

Dining with the enemy

Representative Andrew Gray   December 17, 2023

Shortly after I won my election to the House in 2022, Tom Begich, the minority leader in the Senate at the time, gave me…

Report from global climate change summit in Dubai

Paul Fuhs   December 13, 2023

I recently attended the COP28 global climate change meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on behalf of the

Dancing in the streets

Marc Grober   November 3, 2023

We have a crisis on our hands; more and more motor vehicles are getting larger and larger, going faster and faster, and making it...

Republican governors’ Israel letter makes a glaring error

Representative Andy Josephson   October 16, 2023

On Friday October 13th, Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska), signed onto an 19-governors' co-signed letter to President Joe Biden. There were many topics...

Permanent Fund Dividend cuts are not a tax

Roger Marks   October 13, 2023

In a recent Anchorage Daily News commentary, I disagreed with other pieces that argued that PFD cuts should be considered a…

E-bike baloney

Marc Grober   October 2, 2023

There has been a constant commercial push in Alaska and elsewhere to populate our byways with “electric bicycles,” or “e-bikes” as they…
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