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Alaska’s energy failure

Jeff Landfield

June 11, 2025

If you attended Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) Sustainable Energy Conference last week with no prior background or knowledge of Alaska, you might think Alaska was on the precipice of a major energy renaissance – and…

The Sunday Minefield – June 8, 2025

Jeff Landfield

June 8, 2025

We are less than a month away from being halfway through 2025! Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) held his annual Sustainable Energy Conference this week in Anchorage, which attracted some key Trump administration officials. A judge…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Think oil credits are big? There’s another even bigger category

Brad Keithley

June 6, 2025

The first thing that comes to many, indeed, likely most minds when discussing Alaska tax credits is the per-barrel credits used by the state’s oil producers to reduce their annual production tax obligations to the state.  While…

The Sunday Minefield – June 1, 2025

Jeff Landfield

June 1, 2025

I can’t believe it’s already June! Summer is definitely here. The budget and several bills were transmitted to Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) this week. The two presiding officers sent a strongly worded letter to Governor…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Financing the FY26 Budget

Brad Keithley

May 30, 2025

Now that the legislative session is over, this week we look at how the Legislature proposes to finance the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget and the resulting impact on Alaska households. As in the previous seven years…

The Sunday Minefield – May 25, 2025

Jeff Landfield

May 26, 2025

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend! I took the ferry to Haines from Juneau early Friday morning with some friends. I spent Saturday at the Haines Beerfest, which was a lot of fun. I spent the…

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