Website profile

Juneau Empire

Mayor hopes to preserve decades of friendship with sister city during ‘time of political uncertainty.’ Project declared dead by Gov. Walker in 2017 to get another look, along with ferry options. HESCO barriers are on their way to Juneau. Funding to study a long-term solution is not guaranteed. President Donald Trump fa

  • 69articles · 30d
  • 17+ hour agolatest article
  • Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
  • 96%with images
  • 321avg words
articles per day
Categories
  • News 24
  • Politics 23
  • Politics2 15
  • Crime, Law & Justice 11
  • Crime & Law 10
  • Science & Nature 10
  • Disaster, Accident & Emergency Incident 8
  • Economy, Business & Finance 8

Please confirm you are human

This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.

A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.

Hold with a pointer, or hold Space or Enter.

News

Juneau Empire
juneauempire.com > 09/10/2026 > opinion-closing-sales-tax-loopholes-is-good-for-juneau

OPINION: Closing sales-tax loopholes is good for Juneau

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (633+ words) Published 5:30 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 A significant vote in a recent CBJ Finance Committee meeting signaled long-overdue action that will make Juneau’s sales tax code fairer and more equitable – and bring in over $3 million to the city treasury. For well over…...

Juneau Empire
juneauempire.com > 09/02/2026 > opinion-the-dhs-blank-check-sullivan-and-begich-owe-alaskans-an-accounting

OPINION: The DHS blank check: Sullivan and Begich owe Alaskans an accounting

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (463+ words) Published 1:30 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Senator Dan Sullivan and Representative Nick Begich have given Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security billions of taxpayer dollars while demanding too few answers about how it is spent. The spending trail is impossible to ignore....

Juneau Empire
juneauempire.com > 08/29/2026 > opinion-when-the-deportation-machine-turns-inward

OPINION: When the deportation machine turns inward

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (695+ words) Published 3:30 am Saturday, August 29, 2026 Stephen Miller is not merely expanding ICE; he is helping build a federal enforcement machine while teaching it to see political dissent through the lens of national security. That should frighten Americans of every political persuasion…...

Juneau Empire
juneauempire.com > 08/22/2026 > opinion-sullivan-trump-and-the-price-of-political-loyalty

OPINION: Sullivan, Trump and the price of political loyalty

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (545+ words) Published 5:30 am Saturday, August 22, 2026 Dan Sullivan has hitched Alaska’s political wagon to Donald Trump as Trump’s presidency is showing its deepest cracks. Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 33 percent, the lowest of his presidency, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll…...

Juneau Empire
juneauempire.com > 08/19/2026 > progressive-democrat-and-scion-of-democratic-politics-make-runoff-for-alaska-governor

Progressive Democrat and scion of Democratic politics make runoff for Alaska governor

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (481+ words) Published 11:00 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 By Anna Griffin New York Times Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a Democratic candidate for governor, campaigns in Fairbanks, Alaska, on July 25, 2026. Kreiss-Tomkins, who entered politics as a teenager on Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, has won the chance to…...

Google News
juneauempire.com > 08/19/2026 > alaska-on-course-to-approve-new-campaign-donation-limits-in-ballot-measure-1

Alaska on course to approve new campaign donation limits in Ballot Measure 1

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) Published 8:30 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Early tallies from Tuesday’s statewide primary election showed overwhelming support for a ballot measure that will restrict the amount of money that political candidates can accept from groups and individuals. With…...

Juneau Empire
juneauempire.com > 08/19/2026 > letter-why-i-vote-democratic

LETTER: Why I vote Democratic

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (241+ words) Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 The first time I ever voted, I chose all Republican candidates. Growing up, I was deeply influenced by my conservative (and loving) grandfather. However, the Republican Party in those years was very different from the party…...