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The Sunday Minefield – May 18, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 18, 2025

There are just three days left until the end of the 121-day session! By all accounts, it looks like they may actually finish up a day sooner this year. The conference committee finished its work on the operating budget today, meaning it should be on members’ desks tomorrow. The Legislature met in a joint session this week to vote…

The Sunday Minefield – May 4, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 4, 2025

May the Fourth be with you! Only 17 days remain until the end of the regular session, and things finally look like they are…

Alaska should eliminate all sales taxes on gold and silver

Matthew Cortez   May 3, 2025

As inflation cuts into Alaskans’ savings, individuals and businesses are actively seeking ways to protect their hard-earned money. Lawmakers in Alaska have reintroduced a...

Aloha: Crum caught cold on unauthorized Hawaiian vacation

Jeff Landfield   May 2, 2025

On Friday, April 4, then-Deputy Revenue Commissioner Fadil Limani got a call from Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum at the end of the workday. Limani...

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…

Legislature should provide lobbyists with key fobs to bypass new Capitol security screening

Jeff Landfield   April 25, 2025

Let me start by saying I totally disagree with the recent decision by Legislative Council to require visitors to the Capitol to go through...

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...

Speaker Edgmon told Minority Leader Costello about controversial PFD amendment hours before it was offered

Jeff Landfield   April 23, 2025

On Friday, April 11, the House passed a floor amendment to the budget that lowered the...

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…

Loose email exchange shows new legislative staffer’s inexperience and cockiness

Jeff Landfield   April 9, 2025

Twenty-five-year-old Ryan Sheldon is new to the Capitol. He's been working for Representative Julie Coulombe (R - Anchorage) for the last few months. His...

HEX/Furie royalty relief approved by DNR includes $2 million credit for future royalty payments

Jeff Landfield   April 7, 2025

In February, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved a 76% decrease in royalty payments for HEX/Furie, owned by John Hendrix. This applies...

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…

Sen. Lyman Hoffman drops hammer on budget, takes vote on committee he is not on

Jeff Landfield   April 3, 2025

Senator Lyman Hoffman (D - Bethel) is soft spoken and usually doesn't say much. But he veered from that persona this week with two...
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