The Sunday Minefield – April 7, 2024
April 7, 2024
We are more than two-thirds through the 121-day session limit. After more than a week of hearing budget amendments, the House Finance Committee passed…
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House Health & Social Services Committee meeting goes completely off the rails
Jeff Landfield April 5, 2024
A meeting of the House Health & Social Services Committee got extremely loose yesterday. On the agenda for the meeting was several board confirmation...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: ENSTAR’s confusing claims
Brad Keithley April 5, 2024
At a time when the Legislature and the public urgently need clarity and transparency around Cook Inlet gas issues, we are having a difficult...
Video: Live Coverage of the 2024 Anchorage Election
Jeff Landfield April 2, 2024
Tune in to watch our live coverage and analysis of the Anchorage mayoral race, Anchorage School Board races, and a preview of the upcoming…
The Sunday Minefield – March 31, 2024
Jeff Landfield March 31, 2024
Happy Easter! This was a short week in Juneau due to the holiday weekend. We are 75 days into the 121-day legislative session and…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Anybody but us
Brad Keithley March 29, 2024
One of the things that has struck us most during the years we have followed Alaska’s fiscal debates – including this week’s debate over…
The filing deadline to run for the Legislature is approaching, most incumbents are seeking re-election
Jeff Landfield March 27, 2024
The June 1 filing deadline to run for one of the 50 legislative seats up this year is just over two...
Ask a Cat: Passive aggressive co-workers, seeking revenge, and dog parks
Cat March 25, 2024
Problems at work? Love life gone awry? Conflict with the neighbor's collie? The Cat can help. Reach out anonymously here or e-mail askacat@alaskalandmine.com. Dear...
The Sunday Minefield – March 24, 2024
Jeff Landfield March 24, 2024
The big news this week was the Legislature’s failure, by one vote, to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) veto of Senate Bill…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska is leaving future generations with even less than a bare cupboard; that needs to change
Brad Keithley March 22, 2024
As we read through it, a recent thought piece in The Economist struck us hard. The piece, entitled “Oil’s...
The Sunday Minefield – March 17, 2024
Jeff Landfield March 17, 2024
We have reached the halfway point of the 121-day constitutional limit for the legislative session. If all goes to plan, the session should be…
Video: 2024 Anchorage Mayoral Debate
Alaska Landmine March 16, 2024
Watch the four main Anchorage mayoral candidates square off at Landmine studios! Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson attempts a second term. Former Assembly member Suzanne…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our first reaction to the Spring (or any) Revenue Forecast
Brad Keithley March 15, 2024
On Wednesday, the Department of Revenue (DOR) published its Spring 2024 Revenue Forecast (Spring RF), which is considered a milestone by some in the...
Former Rep. Ralph Samuels sent impassioned letter to Sen. Scott Kawasaki regarding Parole Board bill
Allison Hovanec March 13, 2024
Testimony during a Senate State Affairs Committee hearing last week on a bill to reform the Parole Board prompted a former legislator to write...
House Judiciary Committee approved amendment that empowers citizens to present to grand juries
Jeff Landfield March 11, 2024
During a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee last Monday, the committee adopted an amendment that allows citizens to directly present to grand juries.
Photos: Frustration in the air at Anchorage Legislative Town Hall
Paxson Woelber March 11, 2024
On Saturday, March 9, Anchorage residents packed UAA’s Cuddy Hall for a Legislative Town Hall. After a brief introduction, the microphone was passed from…
Ask a Cat: Wedding invitations, mustaches, and cat toys
Cat March 11, 2024
Ever feel like your problems could only be solved by a deeply wise house cat? Have an Ask a Cat sticker shaped hole in...
The Sunday Minefield – March 10, 2024
Jeff Landfield March 10, 2024
We are approaching the halfway mark of the constitutional 120-day legislative session. The March 14 deadline for Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) to…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Where this Legislature is leading Alaska
Brad Keithley March 8, 2024
Following the release late last year of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) proposed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget, we published two columns looking...
Dimond High School emails parents, locks down social media after Libs of TikTok uncovers teacher’s OnlyFans
Alaska Landmine March 7, 2024
Sandwiched between videos of students from an Oklahoma school holding feet licking and armpit...