The more public service is denigrated, the less appreciated civil servants are and the harder it is for the government to recruit high-quality employees.

Without congressional action, tens of thousands of Alaskans receiving coverage through the Affordable Care Act will be pushed back into the financial strain of unaffordable insurance bills.

This project would be funded through Alaska Railroad bonding authority and not on the backs of the ratepayers as in other scenarios.

It’s not just Santa Claus coming to town. So is Trump — lists in hand.

With the Alaska Performance Scholarship, UA Scholars Award and other scholarships available, many students pay close to nothing out of pocket.

This proposed change would have enormous financial impacts to many school districts in the state.

The Fish Creek Trail project is a commonsense connection to the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail.

Although female school shooters are exceedingly rare, the patterns that lead to such tragedies are painfully familiar.

That woman hawking skin cream on social media reveals the depth and breadth of policy failure when it comes to fostering high-quality part-time work.

Everyone in the military takes an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

It’s unacceptable that the Native Iñupiat of Kaktovik are being prevented from exercising self-determination and economic sustainability on our own land.

None of this is to suggest that presidents and their economic policies don’t matter. It’s just that they don’t matter as much as presidents and their partisans claim they do.

The shooting at Abundant Life Christian School wasn’t a shock. Far too often, an average day at school in this country comes with gunfire.

Efforts by some each year in Alaska to pay out the largest PFD possible have corrupted Alaska politics, threatened the vitality of the Fund, and represents a selfish intergenerational money grab.

Open up state land for homesteading opportunities and prevent the government from punishing hard-working people.

Maybe do not burn wood when there is no wind or the air is inverted.

If insurance companies have no legal incentive to approve a claim, they will too often deny or delay it. It’s time for Congress to restore the possibility of justice for millions and answer the urgent calls for reform.