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Live: Town Hall today from 2-4 pm on Anchorage’s snow plowing failure

Jeff Landfield   November 18, 2023

The Alaska Landmine is hosting a live town hall today on Anchorage’s snow plowing failure. We want to hear from you!

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: “Free money” subsidies

Brad Keithley   November 17, 2023

If there were no Permanent Fund earnings, there would be no Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). But there also would be no Permanent Fund earnings...

Anchorage mayoral candidate Chris Tuck posts video of him plowing Mayor Dave Bronson’s street

Jeff Landfield   November 15, 2023

After two storms dumped record snowfall in Anchorage, residents have been struggling with the effects of inadequate plowing by the Municipality of...

The Sunday Minefield – November 12, 2023

Jeff Landfield   November 12, 2023

The big news of the week in Southcentral was the first snowstorm of the year, and the absolute failure to adequately plow the roads...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Alaska House Coalition is lying

Brad Keithley   November 10, 2023

An op-ed published on the pages of the Anchorage Daily News last week written by Representative Alyse Galvin (I - Anchorage) and co-signed by...

Johnson v. City of Grants Pass: A potential U.S. Supreme Court case that could allow cities to police camping on public property

Lee Baxter   November 7, 2023

Four years ago, I wrote about the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Martin v. City of Boise. In that case, a...

Ask a Cat: Vegas trips, problem customers, and Mayor Dave

Cat   November 6, 2023

Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click…

The Sunday Minefield – November 5, 2023

Jeff Landfield   November 5, 2023

Winter has finally arrived as much of Southcentral was hit with snow this weekend. The start of the next legislative session is just over…

Dancing in the streets

Marc Grober   November 3, 2023

We have a crisis on our hands; more and more motor vehicles are getting larger and larger, going faster and faster, and making it...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Have Alaska Republicans given up on the market economy?

Brad Keithley   November 3, 2023

Fundamental to the operation of any market economy is the relatively unfettered operation of supply and demand in finding an equilibrium price for the...

Ellie Rubenstein tells whoppers at Saudi finance conference, exposes blatant conflict of interest

Jeff Landfield   November 1, 2023

Ellie Rubenstein, who was appointed to the Permanent Fund board of Trustees in June of 2022 by Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska), spoke...

State of Alaska files lawsuit asking court to affirm Campbell Lake public access

Jeff Landfield and Paxson Woelber   October 30, 2023

The State of Alaska filed a lawsuit today in State Superior Court asking that the court affirm the existence of public access easements on…

The Sunday Minefield – October 29, 2023

Jeff Landfield   October 29, 2023

Halloween is just two days away! Snow is in the forecast for Anchorage but not for another ten days. Governor Mike Dunleavy (R -…

Murkowski campaign mistakenly sent out email promoting new ranked choice voting system

Jeff Landfield   October 29, 2023

On August 31, an email went out from U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R - Alaska) campaign to hundreds of Murkowski supporters and volunteers. The...

The death of the west: A review of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Jacob Hersh   October 27, 2023

“Killers of the Flower Moon” begins with the death of a people, and a certain kind of violent rebirth. Martin Scorsese’s latest epic opens...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A tale of three fiscal subsections

Brad Keithley   October 27, 2023

AS 37.13.145 is one of the state’s key fiscal statutes. Titled “Disposition of income,” it sets forth the statutory principles that govern the disposition...

Ask a Cat: New romance, grace vs. mercy, and lip work

Cat   October 23, 2023

Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click…

The Sunday Minefield – October 22, 2023

Jeff Landfield   October 22, 2023

I am just over one week post appendectomy and feeling great! This Sunday Minefield marks the six year anniversary since the first Sunday Minefield,…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Board’s restructuring proposal is a horrible idea

Brad Keithley   October 20, 2023

Over the course of the past few months, there have been a series of articles in the press about a purported developing problem with...

Republican governors’ Israel letter makes a glaring error

Representative Andy Josephson   October 16, 2023

On Friday October 13th, Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska), signed onto an 19-governors' co-signed letter to President Joe Biden. There were many topics...
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