Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The September 2023 state budget update
September 22, 2023
Last year, we began the practice of using columns in June and September to fill in gaps we believe exist in the Department of…
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The Sunday Minefield – September 17, 2023
Jeff Landfield September 17, 2023
I was a bit checked out this week as I was on a Holland America cruise from Whittier to Vancouver. Those deals for Alaska…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The upcoming budget should continue to be based on the rolling 10-year average oil price
Brad Keithley September 15, 2023
One of the little realized things about the FY2024 budget is that, whether intentionally or not, it is...
Ask a Cat: Complicated relationships, annoying cats, and job problems
Cat September 11, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – September 10, 2023
Jeff Landfield September 10, 2023
I am writing this column from aboard the MS Noordam in Whittier! I went on a cruise last year on the same ship form…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What’s going on with the Earnings Reserve Account
Brad Keithley September 8, 2023
Monthly following the publication by the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) of its Financial Statement and History and Projections,…
Permanent Fund emails shed more light into Barnhill resignation, but raise more questions
Jeff Landfield September 7, 2023
In early August, Mike Barnhill abruptly resigned as chief operating office at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC). Barnhill started with APCF in...
Ask a Cat: Death, free will, and cat business
Cat September 4, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – September 3, 2023
Jeff Landfield September 3, 2023
It’s Labor Day weekend! Which means summer is, unfortunately, coming to and end. Tomorrow is also the last day of the Alaska State Fair….
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The misleading narrative and its consequences
Brad Keithley September 1, 2023
In a recent article carried by Alaska Public Media, reporter Robert Woolsey references Senator Bert Stedman (R - Sitka) in concluding that overdraws...
Free standing emergency rooms are not a field of dreams
Dr. Brian Sweeney August 29, 2023
Do you remember not so long ago when Alaska Regional Hospital ran a campaign called, “Get treated, not seated?” The thrust of the campaign...
Ask a Cat: Affairs, slobs, and exes
Cat August 28, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – August 27, 2023
Jeff Landfield August 27, 2023
Labor Day is in eight days, which means fall is just around the corner. I know we are all trying to enjoy as much…
Seeking to block Fish Creek Trail Connection, members of prominent Anchorage family apply to lease public railroad land
Paxson Woelber August 25, 2023
Anchorage planners have long sought to connect Spenard's Fish Creek Trail to the Coastal Trail, better integrating the neighborhood with the city's extensive multiuse...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Looking at the most recent IRS data
Brad Keithley August 25, 2023
Readers of these columns will know that we regularly analyze the distributional impact of various fiscal measures – taxes, cuts in the Permanent Fund…
Ask a Cat: Travel anxiety, dating, and the Anchorage mayoral race
Cat August 21, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – August 20, 2023
Jeff Landfield August 20, 2023
September is less than two weeks away. Summer is really flying by. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Alaska this week, spending time in...
Drugs, violence, and prostitution: A glimpse inside Anchorage’s largest homeless camp
Jeff Landfield August 20, 2023
Two years ago I spent a night at the Sullivan Arena mass shelter. It is still difficult to convey in words what I experienced...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Here’s how – and how much of the – PFD cuts are ending up in the bank accounts of non-residents & oil companies
Brad Keithley August 18, 2023
Over the course of the past few months, we have...
Ask a Cat: Relationships, marriage, and bike lanes
Cat August 14, 2023
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