The Sunday Minefield – July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025
August is less than a week away. Summer is really flying by! I hope everyone in Southcentral enjoyed the incredible weather we had this…
Alaska Landmine Articles
The Sunday Minefield – August 10, 2025
Jeff Landfield August 11, 2025
Ok, it’s the Monday Minefield this week. But I have an excuse that is hard to make up. I am writing this column from the island of Adak, Alaska! It’s for far away it’s in a different time zone. I am not here for the highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin. This trip has…
Trump and Putin to hold historic Alaska summit at the Driftwood hotel in Juneau
The Landfill
August 9, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Corporation’s FY25 results
Brad Keithley
August 8, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Legislature badly needs to fix production taxes before we continue to “drill, baby, drill”
Brad Keithley July 25, 2025
In the wake of President Trump’s emphasis on opening additional federal lands in Alaska for oil...
The Sunday Minefield – July 20, 2025
Jeff Landfield July 20, 2025
August is less than two weeks away! Senator Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska) and Representative Nick Begich (R – Alaska), who are both up…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the federal tax impact on PFDs is not a valid basis for supporting PFD cuts
Brad Keithley July 19, 2025
In recent conversations, some have continued to use the impact of federal income taxes on Permanent...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Corporation’s most recent numbers show it continues to underperform
Brad Keithley July 14, 2025
While many Alaskans believe that Alaska’s revenue stream, which funds both government and
The Sunday Minefield – July 13, 2025
Jeff Landfield July 13, 2025
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…
The Sunday Minefield – July 6, 2025
Jeff Landfield July 6, 2025
What a loose week! Even though the Fourth of July was on Friday, a lot happened this week in Alaska politics. First, Anchorage Mayor…
The Sunday Minefield – June 29, 2025
Jeff Landfield June 29, 2025
The Fourth of July Independence Day holiday is just five days away. It falls on a Friday this year, so it will be a…
Reflecting on a Father’s Day fishing trip to Homer, Alaska from New York City
Eugene "Gino" Durante June 27, 2025
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…
The Sunday Minefield – June 22, 2025
Jeff Landfield June 22, 2025
The summer solstice has come and gone. I hope everyone had an awesome solstice weekend! Several people illegally camping at Davis Park in Anchorage…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Updating some monthly charts on the Permanent Fund
Brad Keithley June 20, 2025
As regular followers of our Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and
Cluck and Cover: Sow’s nightly South Anchorage poultry plunder
Allison Hovanec June 16, 2025
In South Anchorage, a brown bear sow and her two nearly grown cubs have been seeking unnatural prey and causing thousands of dollars damage...
The Sunday Minefield – June 15, 2025
Jeff Landfield June 15, 2025
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! I have been in New Mexico the last week visiting my parents so…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What an Anchorage Daily News story on the Permanent Fund missed
Brad Keithley June 13, 2025
As regular readers will know, we have written several times in recent months about the performance of the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) in managing...
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…