The Sunday Minefield – March 9, 2025
March 9, 2025
After weeks of delay in the House, the majority’s education bill started moving again this week. It was first altered in the rules committee…
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A not-too-far-fetched “thought experiment”
Brad Keithley March 7, 2025
“Thought experiments are defined as the mental process of using hypotheticals to logically reason out a solution to a difficult question. As the name...
The Sunday Minefield – March 2, 2025
Jeff Landfield March 2, 2025
It’s pretty wild that it’s already March. The lack of snow makes it feel like early May. The clocks go ahead next Sunday, meaning…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska has a revenue design problem
Brad Keithley February 28, 2025
In a recent op-ed that is making its way through the state’s newspapers and other media outlets, former Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman rhetorically asks,...
UAA books former Congresswoman Liz Cheney for $151,000 speaking fee
Jeff Landfield February 27, 2025
Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney will be speaking in Anchorage in May. She was invited to speak by the University of Alaska College of...
Which commissioner and special assistant flew business class to United Arab Emirates on state dime?
Jeff Landfield February 25, 2025
Records obtained by the Landmine show Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle and his special...
The Sunday Minefield – February 23, 2025
Jeff Landfield February 23, 2025
We are more than one month into the legislative session and things finally went of the rails this week! At least they did in…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How the Legislature should respond to the Hilcorp LNG proposal
Brad Keithley February 21, 2025
Earlier this month, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon), the owner of the Kenai oil refinery and various related assets, announced the proposed sale...
Back to normal: Alaska House goes fully off the rails for the kids
Jeff Landfield February 21, 2025
We are a month into the legislative session and, until Wednesday, the vibe in the Capitol was calm and subdued. It was so boring...
The Sunday Minefield – February 16, 2025
Jeff Landfield February 16, 2025
We are nearly a month into session and things are moving right along. The big news this week in Juneau was a bill that…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Revenues
Brad Keithley February 14, 2025
Those who follow these columns know that we have been discussing for nearly all of the time we have been writing them the fiscal…
Jet setter: North Slope Borough funded lavish travel for Mayor Josiah Patkotak and family
Jeff Landfield February 12, 2025
In December, the Landmine published a story that detailed numerous trips that North Slope Borough (NSB) Mayor Josiah Patkotak took to various cities...
The Sunday Minefield – February 9, 2025
Jeff Landfield February 9, 2025
We are already entering week four of the legislative session! The group of eight legislators (two from each caucus) have been meeting with Governor…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A couple of updates
Brad Keithley February 7, 2025
This week, we are updating the charts in our two previous columns – last week’s on the budget (“This is brutal”)…
State of Alaska files competing lawsuit to stop Eklutna casino in… Washington D.C.?!
Jeff Landfield February 5, 2025
On February 4, the State of Alaska filed a lawsuit in the federal district court of Washington D.C. to obtain a ruling that former...
Eagle River Assembly candidate owes back property taxes, denies ownership of porn-laden X account
Jeff Landfield February 3, 2025
Republican David Littleton filed to run for the open Chugiak/Eagle River Assembly seat a week before...
The Sunday Minefield – February 2, 2025
Jeff Landfield February 2, 2025
The second week of session was definitely eventful. Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) delivered his seventh State of State to a joint session…
Senators Murkowski and Sullivan: FBI Anchorage’s misconduct is critical for confirming Kash Patel
Tyler Vose February 1, 2025
Following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on “The Nomination of Kashyap Pramod Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: This is brutal
Brad Keithley January 31, 2025
Over the past few years, one of the documents we have come to rely on most in assessing Alaska’s fiscal situation is the Legislative…
Rep. Andrew Gray may have won $40,383 in PFD Education Raffle
Jeff Landfield January 29, 2025
Representative Andrew Gray (D – Anchorage) may have won $40,383 in the annual PFD education raffle. But because of government bureaucracy, officials from the…