Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Why “means testing” the PFD doesn’t solve the problem
October 29, 2022
We understand that earlier this week as part of a debate hosted by the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, Representative Grier Hopkins...
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The Alaska Stalker – October 29, 2022
The Alaska Stalker October 29, 2022
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you...
The Sunday Minefield – October 23, 2022
Jeff Landfield October 23, 2022
The general election is just over two weeks away. People are already absentee voting and early in-person voting starts tomorrow. The Alaska Federation of…
Gone Hollywood: ADN mixes fact check with fiction in debate coverage
Andrew Jensen October 21, 2022
The Anchorage Daily News has "gone Hollywood” by monetizing the suffering of others as little more than background in their self-aggrandizing portrayal of themselves...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: In the real world, Alaska’s choice isn’t taxes v. no taxes, it’s what kind of taxes
Brad Keithley October 21, 2022
In a recent news article in the Kenai Peninsula Clarion (“Alaska House candidates trade views at forum”)...
The Sunday Minefield – October 16, 2022
Jeff Landfield October 16, 2022
The November election is just over three weeks away. Absentee ballots are already hitting Alaska mailboxes and early in-person voting starts on October 24….
The Alaska Stalker – October 15, 2022
The Alaska Stalker October 15, 2022
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Dealing with OPEC
Brad Keithley October 15, 2022
From the perspective of most Alaskans, the actions of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) affect the Alaska economy in two major…
The Sunday Minefield – October 9, 2022
Jeff Landfield October 9, 2022
The general election is less than a month away. Thirty-day Alaska Public Offices Commission campaign finance reports, which show much money gubernatorial and legislative…
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The missing voice in Alaska’s fiscal debate
Brad Keithley October 7, 2022
Generally speaking, fiscal policy is about balancing government spending wants against willingness to pay.
Just like a kid in a candy store, the aggregate wants…
The Sunday Minefield – October 2, 2022
Jeff Landfield October 3, 2022
Sorry about the delay. It’s the Monday Minefield this week. t’s just over five weeks until the November 8 general election and it oddly…
The Alaska Stalker – October 1, 2022
The Alaska Stalker October 1, 2022
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: There is no conflict between SB 26 and the PFD statute
Brad Keithley September 30, 2022
One of the claims we sometimes hear from those seeking to rationalize legislative cuts in the statutory Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is that there...
The Sunday Minefield – September 25, 2022
Jeff Landfield September 25, 2022
Fall is definitely in the air. The November 8 general election is just over six weeks away. The big political news this week is…
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Dunleavy & Gara’s fiscal policies are taken from Fantasyland, Walker’s from Leona Helmsley
Brad Keithley September 23, 2022
In last week’s column we updated the 10-year outlook for Alaska’s fiscal situation for current...
The Sunday Minefield – September 18, 2022
Jeff Landfield September 18, 2022
The big, and tragic, news this week is the remnants of the large Typhoon Merbok that is hitting Western Alaska hard. With just weeks…
The Alaska Stalker – September 17, 2022
The Alaska Stalker September 17, 2022
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The September state budget update
Brad Keithley September 16, 2022
Three months ago we published a “June revenue update,” as we explained there, to fill in a gap we believe exists in the Department...
I’m opting my child out of active shooter drills this year. You can, too
Allison Hovanec September 13, 2022
My eldest daughter started kindergarten this year. I was prepared for many of the new routines: packing her lunch, buying and labeling her school...
The Sunday Minefield – September 11, 2022
Jeff Landfield September 11, 2022
It’s a sad day because it’s the twenty first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. It doesn’t feel like it has been that long…