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The best time to act on mitigating fire risk in Anchorage was decades ago; the second-best time is now.

How do we fix this legal conundrum? The answer is unorthodox but relatively simple.

Alaska can neither afford to declare the act a success and immediately shift focus to other areas, nor should it kneecap the law before its effect can be properly measured.

It is, in a way, a direct retort to the common student gripe about lessons they find too abstract: “When are we going to use this?”

It’s past time Chugach Electric and the other utilities make a concerted effort to find a long-term fuel supply other than importing natural gas. Alaskans can’t afford any more time wasted.

The recent shooting underscores the vital importance of transparency in dealing with body-worn camera footage.

Restoring competence to city government will require compromises and consensus building — not ideological bludgeoning. If the last administration taught us anything, it is that.

Predictably, legislators folded like a dollar-store tent in gale force winds.

Once again, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. trustee Gabrielle Rubenstein is making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Ultimately, having our school capacity more closely mirror our actual enrollment is an essential step toward keeping education funding where it does the most good.

Allowing the executive branch to operate without properly notifying the public risks a dangerous concentration of power.

Given that our state’s health care is already the most expensive in the nation for personal health care spending, one would think legislators would be acting swiftly to address the problem.

If and when the FDA acts to legalize some psychedelic drugs for prescription use, Alaska should be ready.

If only there were some kind of a system that could prevent the city’s repetitive and costly runoff elections.

New short-term rental rules in Anchorage would have caused more problems than they solved.