While many Alaskans believe that Alaska’s revenue stream, which funds both government and… Read More

It’s hard to believe we are almost halfway into July. Legislators and some staff are preparing for Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) special session, which begins August 2. A meeting of the Anchorage Arts Advisory Commission got weird when … Read More

The Landmine has learned that two assistant United States attorneys (AUSA), Karen Vandergaw and James Klugman, are on administrative leave due to…… Read More

In one of the most famous scenes from Danny Boyle’s 2002 classic “28 Days Later,” Cillian Murphy’s main character Jim wanders around an abandoned London in hospital scrubs, desperately searching for signs of life in a world infected by the Rage virus, with the…… Read More

What a loose week! Even though the Fourth of July was on Friday, a lot happened this week in Alaska politics. First, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance held an event commemorating her one year in office, which got really weird. Second, … Read More

Earlier today Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson posted an invite on X to a meet-and-greet in Soldotna on July 9. The location was Allen Sisters Coffee. There was just one problem, Allen Sisters Coffee is a drive-up coffee shop. The … Read More

The Fourth of July Independence Day holiday is just five days away. It falls on a Friday this year, so it will be a fun weekend. Many events are planned around the state, including the annual Mount Marathon race in … Read More

Living on planet Earth is peculiar. Despite billions of people, raising an upright walking human comes with challenges in every time zone. Perhaps it’s our original sin, or maybe we just weren’t meant to be at the top of the … Read More

The summer solstice has come and gone. I hope everyone had an awesome solstice weekend! Several people illegally camping at Davis Park in Anchorage torched it when city officials showed up to kick them out after years of not enforcing … Read More

As regular followers of our Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and Bluesky pages will know, monthly, as information becomes available, we regularly publish a series of charts looking at the Permanent Fund (Fund) through various lenses. One set of charts, … Read More