Alaska Landmine Articles

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s existing personal income tax (“reduction in income”) rates

Brad Keithley   April 26, 2024

On Thursday of this week, Legislative Finance presented a “Fiscal Update” to the Senate Finance...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Impact of LNG imports on the Cook Inlet gas market

Brad Keithley   April 12, 2024

One issue some raise when discussing using LNG imports to supplement traditional Cook Inlet supplies is their potential impact on utility gas costs. Indeed...

Ask a Cat: Incoming tourists, sensitive people, and gaslighting

Cat   April 8, 2024

Feeling triggered? Seasonal ennui? Desperate to be chosen for Featured Feline? The Cat can help. Reach out anonymously here or e-mail askacat@alaskalandmine.com. Dear Most…

The Sunday Minefield – April 7, 2024

Jeff Landfield   April 7, 2024

We are more than two-thirds through the 121-day session limit. After more than a week of hearing budget amendments, the House Finance Committee passed…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: ENSTAR’s confusing claims

Brad Keithley   April 5, 2024

At a time when the Legislature and the public urgently need clarity and transparency around Cook Inlet gas issues, we are having a difficult...

The Sunday Minefield – March 31, 2024

Jeff Landfield   March 31, 2024

Happy Easter! This was a short week in Juneau due to the holiday weekend. We are 75 days into the 121-day legislative session and…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Anybody but us

Brad Keithley   March 29, 2024

One of the things that has struck us most during the years we have followed Alaska’s fiscal debates – including this week’s debate over…

Ask a Cat: Passive aggressive co-workers, seeking revenge, and dog parks

Cat   March 25, 2024

Problems at work? Love life gone awry? Conflict with the neighbor's collie? The Cat can help. Reach out anonymously here or e-mail askacat@alaskalandmine.com. Dear...

The Sunday Minefield – March 24, 2024

Jeff Landfield   March 24, 2024

The big news this week was the Legislature’s failure, by one vote, to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) veto of Senate Bill…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska is leaving future generations with even less than a bare cupboard; that needs to change

Brad Keithley   March 22, 2024

As we read through it, a recent thought piece in The Economist struck us hard. The piece, entitled “Oil’s...

The Sunday Minefield – March 17, 2024

Jeff Landfield   March 17, 2024

We have reached the halfway point of the 121-day constitutional limit for the legislative session. If all goes to plan, the session should be…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our first reaction to the Spring (or any) Revenue Forecast

Brad Keithley   March 15, 2024

On Wednesday, the Department of Revenue (DOR) published its Spring 2024 Revenue Forecast (Spring RF), which is considered a milestone by some in the...

Ask a Cat: Wedding invitations, mustaches, and cat toys

Cat   March 11, 2024

Ever feel like your problems could only be solved by a deeply wise house cat? Have an Ask a Cat sticker shaped hole in...

The Sunday Minefield – March 10, 2024

Jeff Landfield   March 10, 2024

We are approaching the halfway mark of the constitutional 120-day legislative session. The March 14 deadline for Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) to…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Where this Legislature is leading Alaska

Brad Keithley   March 8, 2024

Following the release late last year of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) proposed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget, we published two columns looking...

Dimond High School emails parents, locks down social media after Libs of TikTok uncovers teacher’s OnlyFans

Alaska Landmine   March 7, 2024

Sandwiched between videos of students from an Oklahoma school holding feet licking and armpit...
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