The Sunday Minefield – April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025
It’s day 75 of the 121-day legislative session, and there is no clear path to get out of town. The House Finance Committee finished…
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The Sunday Minefield – April 27, 2025
Jeff Landfield April 27, 2025
We are approaching day 100 of the legislative session, which means there is just over three weeks left in the regular session. The annual Legislative Skits was held last night in Juneau at Centennial Hall. Minus some AV and tech issues, it was a fun and packed event. The House and Senate finally transmitted the operating and capital budgets…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the adoption of a one-account Permanent Fund would favor the current generation at the expense of future ones
Brad Keithley
April 25, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The badly unbalanced “balanced budget”
Brad Keithley
April 18, 2025
The Sunday Minefield – March 30, 2025
Jeff Landfield March 30, 2025
It’s day 68 of the 121-day session (the 90-day statutory session has been a joke for a while) and the budget is stalling in…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: SB 21 is broken
Brad Keithley March 28, 2025
The typical flurry of legislative session op-eds warning against changes to oil taxes began the week before last. True to form, the season kicked…
Alaska’s leaders should pass the common sense Credit Card Competition Act
Korey Ferguson March 26, 2025
Alaskans are no stranger to high prices given our geography and the many logistical challenges associated with getting goods to market as compared to...
Daniel Volland for Anchorage Assembly District 1: A champion for housing, business, and community
Bryce Coryell March 24, 2025
As a resident of District 1 (Downtown Anchorage), I am proud to support Daniel Volland for re-election. He is not only my Assembly member...
The Sunday Minefield – March 23, 2025
Jeff Landfield March 23, 2025
We have reached the halfway point of the 121-day legislative session. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R – Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska) both…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the Permanent Fund Corporation’s investment approach may become a major 2026 campaign issue
Brad Keithley March 22, 2025
In our last two columns, we have explained that the
The Sunday Minefield – March 16, 2025
Jeff Landfield March 16, 2025
We are approaching the halfway mark of the 120-day legislative session. The big news this week is the House, after three days of amendments…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How much are we leaving on the POMV table?
Brad Keithley March 14, 2025
Last week’s column focused on conducting a “thought experiment” on the Permanent Fund (Fund). It examined what would have happened if the balance of...
The Sunday Minefield – March 9, 2025
Jeff Landfield March 9, 2025
After weeks of delay in the House, the majority’s education bill started moving again this week. It was first altered in the rules committee…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A not-too-far-fetched “thought experiment”
Brad Keithley March 7, 2025
“Thought experiments are defined as the mental process of using hypotheticals to logically reason out a solution to a difficult question. As the name...
The Sunday Minefield – March 2, 2025
Jeff Landfield March 2, 2025
It’s pretty wild that it’s already March. The lack of snow makes it feel like early May. The clocks go ahead next Sunday, meaning…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska has a revenue design problem
Brad Keithley February 28, 2025
In a recent op-ed that is making its way through the state’s newspapers and other media outlets, former Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman rhetorically asks,...
The Sunday Minefield – February 23, 2025
Jeff Landfield February 23, 2025
We are more than one month into the legislative session and things finally went of the rails this week! At least they did in…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How the Legislature should respond to the Hilcorp LNG proposal
Brad Keithley February 21, 2025
Earlier this month, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon), the owner of the Kenai oil refinery and various related assets, announced the proposed sale...