Alaska Landmine Articles

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Dunleavy came in promising to “Save the PFD,” but is going to leave having helped kill it

Brad Keithley   May 2, 2025

Most who were here at the time of the 2018 governor’s race will recall that central to now-Governor Mike...

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…

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

As some readers of this column may recall, we have...

The Sunday Minefield – April 20, 2025

Jeff Landfield   April 20, 2025

I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! It was a short week in Juneau as many people headed home for Easter. Tomorrow is…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The badly unbalanced “balanced budget”

Brad Keithley   April 18, 2025

Fiscal analysts use multiple lenses to evaluate whether a government budget is “balanced.” One is in an accounting sense of whether overall revenues equal...

The Sunday Minefield – April 13, 2025

Jeff Landfield   April 13, 2025

It was a loose and eventful week in Juneau. First, the House majority and minority held strange, dueling press conferences. Second, the House Finance…

The Sunday Minefield – April 6, 2025

Jeff Landfield   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…

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…
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