The Sunday Minefield – April 7, 2024
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…
Alaska Landmine Articles
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...
The Sunday Minefield – March 3, 2024
Jeff Landfield March 3, 2024
I hope everyone in Anchorage has been enjoying Fur Rondy! We are more than halfway through the “90-day” statutory session, but for those paying…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The most disappointing thing about Alaska fiscal policy and how to stop it
Brad Keithley March 1, 2024
Without question, the single most disappointing thing to us about Alaska fiscal policy over the past decade...
Fairbanks politicians seek to overturn popular citizen tax cap
Aaron Lojewski February 27, 2024
After a series of special meetings of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly seeking to break the decades-popular “Tax Cap” via a special election...
Ask a Cat: Schadenfreude, divorce, and vegan specials
Cat February 26, 2024
Cat would just love to tell you what you’re doing wrong and how to fix it. Reach out anonymously here or…
The Sunday Minefield – February 25, 2024
Jeff Landfield February 26, 2024
It’s the Monday Minefield this week. I have been in Olympia and Seattle this weekend working on a story and had a busy weekend!…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Saying the quiet part out loud
Brad Keithley February 23, 2024
We were going to write about something else this week, but well-known politico Scott Kendall said something during a Twitter exchange Wednesday that needs...
The Sunday Minefield – February 18, 2024
Jeff Landfield February 18, 2024
As we enter the sixth week of the legislative session, things are looking to heat up again tomorrow in the House on the omnibus…