Anchorage News

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.

Are we closer than ever to a gas line — or have we never been further away?

We should take a long look at some of the harder truths that Alaska’s high percentage of nonresident workers reveals.

By implementing these fixes, the state can restore confidence in its ability to administer elections and get results reported more quickly.

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.

We’ve got a long way to go, and like it or not, we have to travel that road together.

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.

Do we want to return to a system where the big political parties overwhelmingly controlled Alaskans’ election choices?

It’s not too much to ask to keep Alaska’s most functional branch of government running.

The mistakes surrounding the police shooting of Easter Leafa were not illegal, but they were obvious and preventable, and we should expect better.

Making roads safer is expensive, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the cost of our community having to bury more than a dozen of its own members each year because we made the wrong choices.

With structural fiscal issues that have yet to be addressed, Alaska can’t afford to miss out on federal funds that should by all rights be a slam dunk.

Several factors have left Alaska uniquely vulnerable to the disease, which can be deadly for infants and small children.

We all have a part to play in combating homelessness in Anchorage. Consider what your best contribution to the issue can be.

We can’t put the smartphone genie back in the bottle. But we can limit its negative effects on kids and their education.