The Roys Are Back in Town: A review of Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice”
March 31, 2025
There are, conservatively, at least thirty million different Donald Trump impersonators worldwide, and fewer than .01 percent of them can do a decent job....
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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 Committee tried to introduce a new version of the budget, only to see the whole thing blow up on the record. Third, the Senate decided to take everything out of the education bill except the…
Loose email exchange shows new legislative staffer’s inexperience and cockiness
Jeff Landfield
April 9, 2025
HEX/Furie royalty relief approved by DNR includes $2 million credit for future royalty payments
Jeff Landfield
April 7, 2025
Sen. Lyman Hoffman drops hammer on budget, takes vote on committee he is not on
Jeff Landfield
April 3, 2025
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...
House and Senate finance leadership refuse to share budget agreement and calendar
Jeff Landfield March 24, 2025
House and Senate leadership are refusing to share a budget agreement and calendar that they both agreed to follow this session. The agreement lays...
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
Nome Superior Court Judge DiBenedetto placed on administrate leave, no one will say why
Jeff Landfield March 19, 2025
The Landmine has confirmed that Nome Superior Judge Romano DiBenedetto has been on paid administrative leave since March 8. The...
Video: District 4 Anchorage Assembly “Debate”: Erin Baldwin Day
Alaska Landmine March 17, 2025
Six of Anchorage’s 12 Assembly seats are up this year. Only two incumbents, Assembly members Daniel Volland and Felix Kameron Perez-Verdia, are seeking re-election...
Video: District 5 Anchorage Assembly Debate: Yarrow Silvers v. Angela Frank
Alaska Landmine March 17, 2025
Six of the Anchorage’s 12 Assembly seats are up this year. Only two incumbents, Assembly members Daniel Volland and Felix Kameron Perez-Verdia, are seeking...
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…
Video: District 6 Anchorage Assembly “Debate”: Keith McCormick
Alaska Landmine March 16, 2025
Six of the Anchorage’s 12 Assembly seats are up this year. Only two incumbents, Assembly members Daniel Volland and Felix Kameron Perez-Verdia, are seeking...
Video: District 2 Anchorage Assembly Debate: Jared Goecker v. Kyle Walker
Alaska Landmine March 16, 2025
Six of the Anchorage’s 12 Assembly seats are up this year. Only two incumbents, Assembly members Daniel Volland and Felix Kameron Perez-Verdia, are seeking...
Video: District 3 Anchorage Assembly “Debate”: Assembly member Kameron Perez-Verdia
Alaska Landmine March 16, 2025
Six of the Anchorage’s 12 Assembly seats are up this year. Only two incumbents, Assembly members Daniel Volland and Felix Kameron Perez-Verdia, are seeking...