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Review: Alaska Daily, Season One – Episode Two: “A Place We Come Together”

Allison Hovanec   October 14, 2022

(Warning: this article contains spoilers about Season One of ABC's Alaska Daily) Episode two is in the books, and it’s clear these writers have...

Investigation finds House candidate Jennie Armstrong ineligible to hold legislative office

Jeff Landfield   October 13, 2022

Jennie Armstrong, a Democrat running for the open West Anchorage House seat, is not eligible to hold legislative office in Alaska, according to an...

Three key Anchorage races will determine if Republicans take control of State House

Jeff Landfield   October 12, 2022

Every two years all 40 House seats are up for election. This year, redistricting - which occurs every ten years - makes these races...

The Sunday Minefield – October 9, 2022

Jeff Landfield   October 9, 2022

The general election is less than a month away. Thirty-day Alaska Public Offices Commission campaign finance reports, which show much money gubernatorial and legislative…

Review: Alaska Daily, Season One – Episode One

Allison Hovanec   October 8, 2022

I wasn’t planning on watching Alaska Daily, then curiosity and targeted ads got the better of me. I suspect my experience isn’t unique –…

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The missing voice in Alaska’s fiscal debate

Brad Keithley   October 7, 2022

Generally speaking, fiscal policy is about balancing government spending wants against willingness to pay. Just like a kid in a candy store, the aggregate wants…

Convention-al warfare: A constitutional debate at UAA

Jacob Hersh   October 5, 2022

“There is a pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know.” -John Dryden I attended the UAA-sponsored constitutional convention debate on Thursday because I…

Northern Hardcore: An Interview with She

Jacob Hersh   October 4, 2022

When I meet the four members of Anchorage hardcore band She, they’re standing in a rough semicircle outside their practice space in Government Hill,…

The Sunday Minefield – October 2, 2022

Jeff Landfield   October 3, 2022

Sorry about the delay. It’s the Monday Minefield this week. t’s just over five weeks until the November 8 general election and it oddly…

The Alaska Stalker – October 1, 2022

The Alaska Stalker   October 1, 2022

Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: There is no conflict between SB 26 and the PFD statute

Brad Keithley   September 30, 2022

One of the claims we sometimes hear from those seeking to rationalize legislative cuts in the statutory Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is that there...

Legislative investigation into firing of Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell reveals big nothing burger

Jeff Landfield   September 29, 2022

An eight month investigation into the firing of former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell was presented to the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee yesterday...

World Central Kitchen comes to aid of Western Alaska storm victims, first time in Alaska

Jeff Landfield   September 27, 2022

Staff from the World Central Kitchen arrived in Alaska on September 17, just as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok were hitting Western Alaska. It was…

The Sunday Minefield – September 25, 2022

Jeff Landfield   September 25, 2022

Fall is definitely in the air. The November 8 general election is just over six weeks away. The big political news this week is…

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Dunleavy & Gara’s fiscal policies are taken from Fantasyland, Walker’s from Leona Helmsley

Brad Keithley   September 23, 2022

In last week’s column we updated the 10-year outlook for Alaska’s fiscal situation for current...

The Sunday Minefield – September 18, 2022

Jeff Landfield   September 18, 2022

The big, and tragic, news this week is the remnants of the large Typhoon Merbok that is hitting Western Alaska hard. With just weeks…

The Alaska Stalker – September 17, 2022

The Alaska Stalker   September 17, 2022

Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The September state budget update

Brad Keithley   September 16, 2022

Three months ago we published a “June revenue update,” as we explained there, to fill in a gap we believe exists in the Department...

I’m opting my child out of active shooter drills this year. You can, too

Allison Hovanec   September 13, 2022

My eldest daughter started kindergarten this year. I was prepared for many of the new routines: packing her lunch, buying and labeling her school...

The Sunday Minefield – September 11, 2022

Jeff Landfield   September 11, 2022

It’s a sad day because it’s the twenty first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. It doesn’t feel like it has been that long…
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