The Sunday Minefield – January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024
It’s the first Sunday Minefield of 2024! The second session of the 33rd Alaska Legislature starts in nine days. Legislators and staffers from around…
Alaska Landmine Articles
Anchorage Museum announces new progressive admissions pricing system based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and national origin
The Landfill January 6, 2024
Last week, the Anchorage Museum announced that the price of admission would be based on a visitor’s racial self-identification, with visitors…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Wait, what? Oil production volumes are projected to grow by a lot, but overall, state revenues from them are dropping
Brad Keithley January 5, 2024
As we noted in our column two weeks ago...
Ask a Cat: New year issues, relationship problems, and lending money to family
Cat January 2, 2024
Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. The new year is upon us! Do you have a question for...
The Sunday Minefield – December 31, 2023
Jeff Landfield December 31, 2023
Well, 2023 is about to come to an end. I wish everyone a very Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a good time…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our first look at Gov. Dunleavy’s FY25 Budget & 10-year Plan: Part 2
Brad Keithley December 29, 2023
This week, we publish Part 2 of our initial look at Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) recently proposed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget...
Anchorage Assembly proposes renaming landfill after Don Young
The Landfill December 28, 2023
After furious backlash over their decision not to rename the Port of Alaska the Don Young Port of Anchorage, several members of the Anchorage…
The Sunday Minefield – December 24, 2023
Jeff Landfield December 24, 2023
Merry Christmas to all the Landmine readers! For those of us living in Southcentral, we are all going to have an extra white Christmas…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our first look at Gov. Dunleavy’s FY25 Budget & 10-year Plan: Part 1
Brad Keithley December 22, 2023
This week, we publish Part 1 of our initial look at Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) recently proposed FY 25 Budget and 10-year...
Ask a Cat: Gift for a situationship, the next election, and unwanted text messages
Cat December 18, 2023
Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Don’t be shy, you can submit...
The Sunday Minefield – December 17, 2023
Jeff Landfield December 17, 2023
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Christmas Eve is just a week away, and session begins in a month. Governor Mike Dunleavy…
Dining with the enemy
Representative Andrew Gray December 17, 2023
Shortly after I won my election to the House in 2022, Tom Begich, the minority leader in the Senate at the time, gave me…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Fiscal baselines
Brad Keithley December 15, 2023
Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) released his proposed FY2025 budget and 10-year plan as we completed this week’s column yesterday. We are digging…
Report from global climate change summit in Dubai
Paul Fuhs December 13, 2023
I recently attended the COP28 global climate change meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on behalf of the
The Sunday Minefield – December 10, 2023
Jeff Landfield December 10, 2023
Christmas Eve is just two weeks away and Hanukkah started this week. More snow is on the way to Southcentral, with many areas under…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Preparing for next week’s “Budget Day”
Brad Keithley December 8, 2023
In addition to the upcoming holidays, as the calendar hits December, we start thinking also about the upcoming “Budget Day,” the day by which…
Ask a Cat: The holidays, co-parenting after divorce, and food preferences
Cat December 4, 2023
Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click here to submit...
The Sunday Minefield – December 3, 2023
Jeff Landfield December 3, 2023
It’s already December! Christmas is three weeks away. The New Year is four weeks away. And the start of the next legislative session is…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How Larry Persily (and others) misstate the real issue
Brad Keithley December 1, 2023
In the middle of a recent column on the Anchorage Daily News (ADN) op-ed pages ostensibly about Thanksgiving, “long-time Alaska journalist,…
The Sunday Minefield – November 26, 2023
Jeff Landfield November 26, 2023
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Christmas and New Years are just around the corner! I flew down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving…