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How D.C. progressive billionaires are building Alaska’s permanent opposition
Jeff Landfield
February 15, 2026
With oil below $70/barrel, most of the talk in Juneau is about the budget. But while committees continue to hear bills, a lot of this session - and the 2026...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The impact of Gov. Dunleavy’s proposed sales tax by legislative district
Brad Keithley
February 13, 2026
Replacing cuts in the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) with the type of sales tax recently proposed by Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska) as a funding...
New House majority press person resigned from Homer News after Rep. Vance letter about Charlie Kirk story
Jeff Landfield
February 13, 2026
In a story that could probably only happen in Juneau, the mostly Democratic House majority's new press person has some recent, and dramatic, history with...
Review: Heated Rivalry – Episode Two – “Olympians”
Jacob Hersh
February 11, 2026
“Mann gegen Mann, Meine Haut gehört den Herren. Mann gegen Mann, Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern.” -Rammstein, Mann Gegen Mann “Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin’, Tossed salad and scrambled eggs And maybe I seem a bit confused,
The Sunday Minefield – February 8, 2026
Jeff Landfield
February 8, 2026
I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl! It was a weird game but many Seahawks fans in Alaska are very happy tonight. We are three weeks into the legislative session, and things are moving right along. Governor Mike Dunleavy…
My message to the Anchorage Assembly: Less woke and more work
Brett Huber
February 6, 2026
If Anchorage residents ever wonder why so many problems in this city feel unresolved, they need only watch the Anchorage Assembly in action. Or is it "inaction"? As they have so often, some Assembly members turn their attention outward,...
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The Sunday Minefield
Jeff Landfield
February 15, 2026
The legislative session is nearly a month in, which means there’s just over three months until the constitutional 121-day limit. The House and Senate finance committees rolled out committee substitutes for the budget this week, with the House taking…
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My message to the Anchorage Assembly: Less woke and more work
Brett Huber
February 6, 2026
If Anchorage residents ever wonder why so many problems in this city feel unresolved,...
The Palmer Debacle: A masterclass in small town debauchery
Chris Sant
January 27, 2026
From the outside, Palmer sells itself as a small Alaskan town with family values...
Alaska’s natural gas pipeline is a long, long-shot
Joe Paskvan
January 13, 2026
Alaskans have been begging, since Alaska’s oil pipeline was completed in the 1970’s, for…
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