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Alaska’s energy failure

Jeff Landfield   June 11, 2025

If you attended Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) Sustainable Energy Conference last week with no prior background or knowledge of Alaska,…

The Sunday Minefield – June 8, 2025

Jeff Landfield   June 8, 2025

We are less than a month away from being halfway through 2025! Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) held his annual Sustainable…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Think oil credits are big? There’s another even bigger category

Brad Keithley   June 6, 2025

The first thing that comes to many, indeed, likely most minds when discussing Alaska tax credits is the per-barrel credits used by…

The Sunday Minefield – June 1, 2025

Jeff Landfield   June 1, 2025

I can’t believe it’s already June! Summer is definitely here. The budget and several bills were transmitted to Governor Mike Dunleavy (R…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Financing the FY26 Budget

Brad Keithley   May 30, 2025

Now that the legislative session is over, this week we look at how the Legislature proposes to finance the Fiscal Year (FY)…

The Sunday Minefield – May 25, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 26, 2025

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend! I took the ferry to Haines from Juneau early Friday morning with some friends. I…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the Permanent Fund earnings reserve account is not in danger of being drained

Brad Keithley   May 26, 2025

In last week’s column, we explored an issue underlying the arguments of some who are...

Vamp Anthem: A Review of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

Jacob Hersh   May 22, 2025

No one’s really scared of vampires anymore. Once a vessel for our lingering fears about mortality, sexuality, and guys named Vlydisywch Pyztryznyz, the fear...

The Sunday Minefield – May 18, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 18, 2025

There are just three days left until the end of the 121-day session! By all accounts, it looks like they may actually finish up…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Some important numbers that have been missing from the Permanent Fund debate

Brad Keithley   May 16, 2025

Readers of this column and other op-ed pages will know that the Legislature and others are in the...

The Terry Miller Naughty Nine: Where are they now

Jeff Landfield   May 13, 2025

On April 6, 2021 all hell broke loose in the Capitol after Must Read Alaska’s Suzanne Downing published a story, “Party…

The Sunday Minefield – May 11, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 11, 2025

Just ten days remain until the end of the regular session. Surprisingly, things seem to be moving along rather smoothly. The House failed to…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: HB 209: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

Brad Keithley   May 11, 2025

On the heels of the Legislature’s expected approval of a $1,000 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 – adjusted for inflation,…

The Sunday Minefield – May 4, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 4, 2025

May the Fourth be with you! Only 17 days remain until the end of the regular session, and things finally look like they are…

Alaska should eliminate all sales taxes on gold and silver

Matthew Cortez   May 3, 2025

As inflation cuts into Alaskans’ savings, individuals and businesses are actively seeking ways to protect their hard-earned money. Lawmakers in Alaska have reintroduced a...

Aloha: Crum caught cold on unauthorized Hawaiian vacation

Jeff Landfield   May 2, 2025

On Friday, April 4, then-Deputy Revenue Commissioner Fadil Limani got a call from Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum at the end of the workday. Limani...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Dunleavy came in promising to “Save the PFD,” but is going to leave having helped kill it

Brad Keithley   May 2, 2025

Most who were here at the time of the 2018 governor’s race will recall that central to now-Governor Mike...

The Sunday Minefield – April 27, 2025

Jeff Landfield   April 27, 2025

We are approaching day 100 of the legislative session, which means there is just over three weeks left in the regular session. The annual…

Legislature should provide lobbyists with key fobs to bypass new Capitol security screening

Jeff Landfield   April 25, 2025

Let me start by saying I totally disagree with the recent decision by Legislative Council to require visitors to the Capitol to go through...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the adoption of a one-account Permanent Fund would favor the current generation at the expense of future ones

Brad Keithley   April 25, 2025

As some readers of this column may recall, we have...
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