Sen. McGuire

OPINION: Alaska needs to break the old mold, take a new way forward to a sustainable state budget and guaranteed dividend. Senate Bill 114 is the way.

OPINION: Senate Bill 114 would take almost three-fourths of oil and gas royalties and pay them to Alaskans as dividends.

OPINION: Without formal and active engagement between the Arctic Council and the Northern Forum, efforts by either to address the economic, living, cultural and environmental conditions of northern peoples will fall flat.

OPINION: To Alaskans who care deeply about our state's future, persistently low voter turnout is cause for concern. But we can help remove a potential barrier by improving the convenience.

OPINION: While oil and gas will continue to be vital to Alaska’s economic future, it is time for our money to start working in smart ways for us.

OPINION: Erin's Law passage will help protect Alaska's children from sexual abuse at little economic cost; there's no good reason for delay.

OPINION: As women who serve in the Legislature and who voted for the bill that created Alaska's new oil tax policy, we want to lend a unique perspective on why we voted to pass Senate Bill 21 and why we will vote NO on 1 this August.

I applaud Gov. Sean Parnell for his support of Senate Bill 25 and for his recognition of the Legislature's commitment to energy infrastructure in Alaska.

A Norwegian company recently announced that this August, two large ships will arrive in Cook Inlet to transport the fertilizer plant that once employed hundreds on the Kenai -- and pumped millions into our local economy -- from Nikiski to Ossiomo, Nigeria.

There are few things more important than the health of our children. With Alaska's dishearteningly high rates of child neglect and abuse, we need to do everything we can to ensure that our babies are developing healthily and happily.