Ask a Cat: Mormons, public waters, and a coffee shop crush
February 27, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – February 26, 2023
Jeff Landfield February 26, 2023
If you assume the session will go to the constitutional 121-day limit instead of the statutory 90 days – which will almost certainly be…
Biden’s failed FCC nominee Gigi Sohn is back, anti-police views and all
Jeff Landfield February 24, 2023
Alaskans generally appreciate the rule of law and respect our law enforcement officers charged with enforcing it. It’s not that much to ask that...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: How long before the PFD is gone
Brad Keithley February 24, 2023
After reading our column the week before last - Fiscal baselines, take your pick - some legislators and others asked for something we didn’t...
Dispatches from Juneau: The intern has left the building (for now)
Jacob Hersh February 22, 2023
I got an Instagram DM from a college buddy last week, in response to one of my columns I’d posted. We’d both worked on...
Ask a Cat: Meeting people, job confidence, and running for office
Cat February 20, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – February 19, 2023
Jeff Landfield February 19, 2023
We are more than a month into the legislative session. No one expects them to finish 90 days – the statutory limit. This session…
The Alaska Stalker – February 18, 2023
The Alaska Stalker February 18, 2023
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: Quantifying Alaska’s existing personal tax burden
Brad Keithley February 17, 2023
Often we hear some claim that Alaska doesn’t have personal state taxes. That’s wrong. As former Governor Jay Hammond explained in his seminal book...
Dispatches from Juneau: I want to believe
Jacob Hersh February 16, 2023
The Chinese weather balloon, it seems, was not the end of aerial incursions into U.S. airspace. Rather, it was just the beginning of a...
An increase in per student funding is not as simple as it sounds
Alaska Political Report February 13, 2023
Debate over per student spending, known as the Base Student Allocation (BSA), is not new to the Legislature. Lawmakers have approved several one-time increases...
Ask a Cat: Coworker crushes, cooking, and Valentine’s Day
Cat February 13, 2023
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The Sunday Minefield – February 12, 2023
Jeff Landfield February 12, 2023
We are nearly a month into the legislative session, and things have been relatively quiet. Senator Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska) gave his annual…
Dispatches from Juneau: We don’t need no education
Jacob Hersh February 10, 2023
In my experience, there’s two types of people who vocally concern themselves with education as a political issue. The first type are people (often…
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Fiscal baselines, take your pick
Brad Keithley February 10, 2023
One of the things we spend a lot of time studying are Alaska’s fiscal policy baselines. There are several. On the revenue side, the...
The finance freshman from Fairbanks: An interview with Rep. Will Stapp
Jacob Hersh February 8, 2023
“A wise man once told me that no one’s interested in politics until it’s interested in them,” Representative Will Stapp (R - Fairbanks) said...
Senate bill aims to radically change how oil and gas property taxes are calculated
Jeff Landfield February 7, 2023
Last week, the Senate Resources Committee introduced Senate Bill 50, "An Act relating to the assessment of property for the purposes of the oil...
Ask a Cat: Situationships, reconnecting, and nostalgia
Cat February 6, 2023
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From the Editors: Housing delayed is housing denied; approve the Holtan Hills development
Paxson Woelber and Jeff Landfield February 6, 2023
If there is one lesson that has emerged from the debate over the proposed Holtan Hills development in Girdwood, it is that the phrase...
The Sunday Minefield – February 5, 2023
Jeff Landfield February 5, 2023
We are nearly three weeks into the legislative session. Committees have been meeting to hear departmental overviews, the budget, and various bills. The House…