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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the adoption of a one-account Permanent Fund would favor the current generation at the expense of future ones
Brad Keithley
April 25, 2025
As some readers of this column may recall, we have...
Speaker Edgmon told Minority Leader Costello about controversial PFD amendment hours before it was offered
Jeff Landfield
April 23, 2025
On Friday, April 11, the House passed a floor amendment to the budget that lowered the...
The Sunday Minefield – April 20, 2025
Jeff Landfield
April 20, 2025
I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! It was a short week in Juneau as many people headed home for Easter. Tomorrow is day 90 of the legislative session, which means another year of not finishing by the…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The badly unbalanced “balanced budget”
Brad Keithley
April 18, 2025
Fiscal analysts use multiple lenses to evaluate whether a government budget is “balanced.” One is in an accounting sense of whether overall revenues equal overall spending. But that’s not the only lens.
The Sunday Minefield – April 13, 2025
Jeff Landfield
April 13, 2025
It was a loose and eventful week in Juneau. First, the House majority and minority held strange, dueling press conferences. Second, the House Finance Committee tried to introduce a new version of the budget, only to see the whole…
Loose email exchange shows new legislative staffer’s inexperience and cockiness
Jeff Landfield
April 9, 2025
Twenty-five-year-old Ryan Sheldon is new to the Capitol. He's been working for Representative Julie Coulombe (R - Anchorage) for the last few months. His inexperience was revealed in an email exchange with Nate Graham, who works for Representative...
The Sunday Minefield
The Sunday Minefield
Jeff Landfield
April 20, 2025
I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! It was a short week in Juneau as many people headed home for Easter. Tomorrow is day 90 of the legislative session, which means another year of not finishing by the…
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Alaska’s leaders should pass the common sense Credit Card Competition Act
Korey Ferguson
March 26, 2025
Alaskans are no stranger to high prices given our geography and the many logistical...
Daniel Volland for Anchorage Assembly District 1: A champion for housing, business, and community
Bryce Coryell
March 24, 2025
As a resident of District 1 (Downtown Anchorage), I am proud to support Daniel...
Senators Murkowski and Sullivan: FBI Anchorage’s misconduct is critical for confirming Kash Patel
Tyler Vose
February 1, 2025
Following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on “The Nomination of Kashyap Pramod Patel to...
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