The Sunday Minefield – June 19, 2022
June 19, 2022
The Summer Solstice is Tuesday, which means the days are about to start getting shorter. Summer is never long enough in Alaska. With more…
Sunday Minefields
The Sunday Minefield – June 12, 2022
Jeff Landfield June 12, 2022
The special U.S. House primary election has come and gone. With more than 108,000 ballots counted, the current top-four are what most political observers…
The Sunday Minefield – June 5, 2022
Jeff Landfield June 5, 2022
The warm and sunny weather has been amazing! Though I’m sure the heat is getting to a lot of us. The June 1 candidate…
The Sunday Minefield – May 29, 2022
Jeff Landfield May 29, 2022
I hope everyone is enjoying the awesome Memorial Day Weekend. The weather around much of the state has been incredible. Nothing beats sun and…
The Sunday Minefield – May 22, 2022
Jeff Landfield May 23, 2022
Summer has finally arrived! The legislative session ended Wednesday (5/18/2022) night with the Legislature passing a budget with only hours to spare. A narrow…
The Sunday Minefield – May 15, 2022 (Special Loose Unit Edition)
Jeff Landfield May 15, 2022
There is just three days left until the constitutional session limit, and a budget deal is still not in place. In fact, the conference...
The Sunday Minefield – May 8, 2022
Jeff Landfield May 8, 2022
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! The constitutional session limit is just ten days away, and significant uncertainty remains with the…
The Sunday Minefield – May 1, 2022
Jeff Landfield May 1, 2022
Hard to believe it’s already May. Only 17 days remain until the constitutional session limit, and still only the House has passed its version…
The Sunday Minefield – April 24, 2022
Jeff Landfield April 24, 2022
Spring is in the air all over Alaska! There’s just over three weeks left until the constitutional session limit and the Senate has not…
The Sunday Minefield – April 17, 2022
Jeff Landfield April 17, 2022
I hope everyone had a good Easter Sunday. I am finally back in Juneau after a bit of a break. Several legislators went home…
The Sunday Minefield – April 10, 2022
Jeff Landfield April 10, 2022
Spring is definitely in the air! The snow is melting and there’s been plenty of sunshine in Southcentral. The House passed the operating budget…
The Sunday Minefield – April 3, 2022
Jeff Landfield April 3, 2022
What a week. The field for the special primary election to replace Don Young ballooned to 51 on Friday, the last day to file….
The Sunday Minefield – March 27, 2022
Jeff Landfield March 27, 2022
I am writing this week’s column from Narva, Estonia – the third largest city in the small Baltic country of 1.3 million. Narva is…
The Sunday Minefield – March 20, 2022
Jeff Landfield March 20, 2022
The big and sad news this week was the passing of Congressman Don Young (R – Alaska), who was Alaska’s sole representative for the…
The Sunday Minefield – March 13, 2022
Jeff Landfield March 13, 2022
Unfortunately, it’s daylight savings time once again. We are already more than 50 days into the “90-day” legislative session. The operating budget is making…
The Sunday Minefield – March 6, 2022
Jeff Landfield March 7, 2022
Things remain relatively quiet in Juneau. The House Finance subcommittees finished their closeouts for the operating budget, paving the way for the House Finance…
The Sunday Minefield – February 27, 2022
Jeff Landfield February 27, 2022
The halfway point of the “90-day” session is fast approaching, but by all accounts it will go the constitutional 121-day limit – which is…
The Sunday Minefield – February 20, 2022
Jeff Landfield February 20, 2022
We are more than a month into the “90-day” legislative session. Things have been relatively quiet in Juneau other than the occasional weird committee…
The Sunday Minefield – February 13, 2022
Jeff Landfield February 14, 2022
I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl! This week’s column is a day late, my apologies. We are almost a month into the “90-day”…
The Sunday Minefield – February 6, 2022
Jeff Landfield February 6, 2022
It's been a weird week in the Capitol. The House Majority unsuccessfully attempted to remove Representative David Eastman (R - Wasilla) from committees, only...