The Sunday Minefield – January 5, 2025
January 6, 2025
The New Year has arrived! I hope everyone had fun ringing in 2025. I am down in Buenos Aires with some friends celebrating my…
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Here’s a significant part of the revenue problem
Brad Keithley January 4, 2025
In our last column, we examined Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 10-year plan and expressed…
The Sunday Minefield – December 29, 2024
Jeff Landfield December 29, 2024
I hope everyone had a good Christmas holiday! This is the last Sunday Minefield of 2024. Which means the first session of the 34th…
How property tax assessments are done in the Mat-Su Borough
Representative Kevin McCabe December 27, 2024
Property tax assessments in the Mat-Su Borough are regulated by state law to ensure they are done periodically and fairly. Alaska…
The Sunday Minefield – December 22, 2024
Jeff Landfield December 22, 2024
Christmas is just three days away. And the New Year is next week. I turned 40 yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came out to…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Dunleavy to potential investors and others: 🤷♂️
Brad Keithley December 20, 2024
Although not widely understood, complying with AS 37.07.020(b)(2) is one of the Alaska governor's most important fiscal responsibilities. As part of the statutorily required...
The Sunday Minefield – December 15, 2024
Jeff Landfield December 15, 2024
Christmas and New Years are just around the corner! Which means the legislative session starts in just over five weeks. The big news this…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s outmigration death spiral
Brad Keithley December 13, 2024
An article in this month’s Alaska Economic Trends (Economic Trends) published by the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) and a recent...
Why I am taking on the FBI, my former employer
Tyler Vose December 11, 2024
The road map for reporting and investigating allegations of misconduct, policy abuses, and potential criminal violations within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is…
Unexplained halt of Fish Creek Trail Connection project prompts confusion, outrage
Paxson Woelber December 10, 2024
After decades of planning, the Fish Creek Trail Connection, which would follow an Alaska Railroad right-of-way and connect the existing Fish Creek Trail in...
The Sunday Minefield – December 8, 2024
Jeff Landfield December 8, 2024
The legislative session starts in just over seven weeks! Quite a bit happened this week in Alaska politics. Both Republican minorities announced their leadership…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What we likely will see in the Fall Revenue Forecast and 10-year plan and the issues they will create
Brad Keithley December 6, 2024
Since mid-November, we have been thinking about...
NSB Mayor Josiah Patkotak traveled to Peru, New York, Seattle with family on NSB dime
Jeff Landfield December 6, 2024
A North Slope Borough (NSB) document obtained by Landmine shows that NSB Mayor Josiah Patkotak and his family have made multiple trips to the…
Maximus Overdrive: A review of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II”
Jacob Hersh December 6, 2024
This review contains spoilers for the film Gladiator II.
My dad tried naming me Maximus.
It was February of 2001 – the Towers had not yet…
The Sunday Minefield – December 1, 2024
Jeff Landfield December 2, 2024
Today’s it’s the Monday Minefield! I am in New Mexico visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, so I took a break this weekend. I hope…
Former FBI agent details retaliation from Anchorage office
Tyler Vose December 1, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), long perceived as the premier law enforcement agency in the world and a paragon of justice and accountability,…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Comparing price projections
Brad Keithley November 29, 2024
Earlier this month, the House Resources Committee held a hearing to receive updates on both the Cook Inlet gas issue and…
The Sunday Minefield – November 24, 2024
Jeff Landfield November 24, 2024
Thanksgiving is just four days away! The Division of Elections finally finished counting ballots this week, and then ran the retabulations for the nine…
David Nelson’s comeback could spell trouble for House majority coalition
Jeff Landfield November 20, 2024
With all the votes now counted, former Republican Representative David Nelson is now beating Representative Cliff Groh (D - Anchorage) by 23 votes. This...
The Sunday Minefield – November 17, 2024
Jeff Landfield November 17, 2024
Unbelievably, it’s been 12 days since the general election and we still don’t know the outcome of a key Alaska House race and the…