Free standing emergency rooms are not a field of dreams
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...
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Ask a Cat: Affairs, slobs, and exes
Cat August 28, 2023
Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click…
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
Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click…
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
Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click…
The Sunday Minefield – August 13, 2023
Jeff Landfield August 13, 2023
A fall special session aimed at adopting fiscal reforms, that seemed inevitable during the legislative session, is not going to happen. The Anchorage mayor’s…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Is the Governor telling Wall Street something different than Alaskans?
Brad Keithley August 11, 2023
In a recent press release, Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska) and Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum...
The hypocrisy of woke women calling on Chris Tuck to step aside
Jeff Landfield and Allison Hovanec August 9, 2023
The Alaska Current recently published an opinion piece by several Anchorage women contrasting Anchorage mayoral candidate Chris Tuck and one of his opponents, Suzanne LaFrance. Tuck,...
The Sunday Minefield – August 6, 2023
Jeff Landfield August 6, 2023
It’s already August. Summer is really flying by. The upcoming April Anchorage mayoral race is starting to heat up with some more campaign kickoff…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Whose money are we speculating with?
Brad Keithley August 4, 2023
A recent article in the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman dredged up some old memories about past “big” capital projects, which, in turn, is causing us...
It’s time to finally build the Knik Arm bridge
Jeff Landfield August 3, 2023
I moved to Alaska in August 2004. I remember hearing something about a bridge across Knik Arm not long after arriving. It's been 19...
Ask a Cat: Venting, dog poop, and sibling rivalry
Cat July 31, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – July 30, 2023
Jeff Landfield July 30, 2023
August is just two days away. Summer is really flying by. A zoning ordinance before the Anchorage Assembly has created a lot of controversy,...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The $100,000 Dividend
Brad Keithley July 28, 2023
Last month we wrote a couple of columns on these pages discussing the Tax Avoidance Dividend (or TAD). The TAD is the flip side...
Trial underway for Furie, oil and gas company who doesn’t want to pay property taxes
Jeff Landfield July 26, 2023
The trial for Furie's property tax dispute with the State of Alaska and Kenai Peninsula Borough began yesterday in Anchorage. Judge Herman Walker is...