The Sunday Minefield – March 22, 2026
March 22, 2026
We reached the halfway point of the 121-day legislative session this week. Snow continues to fall in Juneau. Spring cannot come fast enough! Governor…
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The Sunday Minefield – April 5, 2026
Jeff Landfield April 5, 2026
Happy Easter! It’s finally April. I am back in Anchorage and it finally feels like the long and cold winter is coming to an end. I was in Sitka on Monday and Tuesday getting the full experience at the Alaska State Trooper Academy. It was a short week in Juneau as several legislators and staff went home for Easter….
Alaskans deserve a vote in the Senate on raising the age of consent to 18 from 16
Keeley Olson
April 3, 2026
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What the Spring Revenue Forecast tells us about the need for oil tax reform
Brad Keithley March 20, 2026
Regular, or even occasional, readers of this page will likely recall that, in previous columns, we have...
The Sunday Minefield – March 15, 2026
Jeff Landfield March 15, 2026
The half-way point of the legislative session is just days away. It was an eventful week in Juneau. Representative Nick Begich (R – Alaska)…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Thoughts on changing the POMV draw percentage
Brad Keithley March 13, 2026
Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee introduced Senate Bill (SB) 274, “An Act relating to the computation of the amount available for...
The Sunday Minefield – March 8, 2026
Jeff Landfield March 8, 2026
Happy International Women’s Day to all the ladies out there! The Iditarod is underway. Hilcorp’s annual Iditarod party on Friday (3/6/2026) night at 49th…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Stabilizing Alaska’s boom-bust-boom-bust revenue cycles
Brad Keithley March 6, 2026
As we have discussed in previous columns, one of, if not the greatest, causes of Alaska’s fiscal problems is the use of projected year-ahead...
The Sunday Minefield – March 1, 2026
Jeff Landfield March 1, 2026
The 121-day session (constitutional limit) is already a third of the way through. The House passed the nearly $500 million supplemental budget, but failed…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why “Protect the Permanent Fund” is really “Protect the Spend”
Brad Keithley February 27, 2026
Two slides, the first in a recent presentation before the Senate Finance Committee by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), and the...
An interview with Alan Lambert on his role in the film “Blue Moon”
Grant Keller February 24, 2026
Alan Lambert is a Dublin based artist who has been working in film and television for over 30 years. He has painted murals, backdrops,...
The Sunday Minefield – February 22, 2026
Jeff Landfield February 22, 2026
It’s been over a month since the legislative session started, but it feels like its been a lot longer. The big and shocking news…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Significantly reducing the impact of the state’s fiscal burden on Alaskans
Brad Keithley February 20, 2026
An exchange earlier this week with an interested reader helped us realize that some aren’t appreciating the full impact of various fiscal options on...
Dysfunction junction
Joe Paskvan February 16, 2026
Despite being a petrostate, Alaska is in economic trouble. Despite constitutional establishment of Alaska’s Permanent Fund protecting our principal, our spendable buckets of savings…
The Sunday Minefield – February 15, 2026
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…
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...
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…