Community Voices

Any response or comments regarding Anchorage’s response to COVID is immediately filtered through the lens of intense partisanship, which is unfortunate as that does...

I was first introduced to Gary when he was considering running for the Legislature in 2016 and I was a partner in…

The relationship between the black man and America is a complicated one. The first “American” casualty in the Revolutionary War was a black man…

It was March 7, 2020 when my almost two year old daughter and I departed from Spain to go visit my parents in the…

If history repeats itself, in the next month fewer than one in ten members of Chugach Electric will vote to decide who will fill…

Saturday night my mind was racing. It had been 14 days since I had entered the Flying Dog Hostel in the Miraflores…

It all happened seemingly overnight. What began as one of the most fantastic trips I have taken overseas quickly dissolved into a story out…

Fifteen short months ago, Alaska Republicans were celebrating decisive victories up and down the ballot: Mike Dunleavy soundly defeated former U.S. Senator Mark Begich...

Finding common ground in the legislative process is crucial. There are 60 members of the Alaska Legislature. It is always difficult to find agreement....

The recent racially-motivated lynching threat on Facebook by a man named Russell Holmes, targeted at State Senator David Wilson, should disgust any decent person….

I’ve always been a Republican. I grew up in a very conservative Catholic family. From childhood until I left for college, we lived in...

As the Anchorage Assembly considers new revenue options, we need to take our time and be clear about our objectives and how we plan…

An official spokeswoman for the United States immigration agency once said, on the record in the Washington Post (April 24, 2001), “Immigration law is...

In 1947, with Alaska well on the road to statehood, voters overwhelmingly adopted a blanket open primary by referendum. They confirmed the beliefs that...

If you look at a picture of the Municipality of Anchorage’s finances from 1982, you’ll see a startling number — the State of Alaska...

Well known Fairbanksan, Frank Turney, unexpectedly passed away at the age of 72 last Monday morning (11/25/2019). He was well known…

Alaska has seen significant technological improvements over the years. Thanks to expanded broadband, thousands of Alaskans can be connected to anyone, anywhere. As access...

On September 20, 2019, the Senate State Affairs Committee heard from the UAA Faculty Senate. I was there and listened. However, the Board of...

Did Governor Michael J. Dunleavy (R – Alaska) violate the doctrine of separation of powers when he vetoed $334,700 from the Alaska Court System’s...

This is the first in a series of opinion pieces on the Permanent Fund Dividend by Cliff Groh. This one sets out the original…