Earlier this week, while working through some data on states that use a flat-rate income tax to raise…… Read More

Internal Anchorage Police Department (APD) documents obtained by the Landmine show that…… Read More

The August primary is more than nine months away, but the attacks are already starting in the crowded Republican filed for governor. In a bizarre press…… Read More

Halloween has come and gone. Snow should be on the ground in Southcentral any day. Senator Mike Shower (R – Wasilla) resigned his Senate seat to focus on his campaign as the running mate of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson. … Read More

Recently, we have been spending time diving into Census Bureau data to better understand the…… Read More

On October 27, the Frist Alaskans Institute announced their annual Howard Rock & Ted Stevens Smokehouse Gala award winners. But two days later, John Shively…… Read More

The Landmine has confirmed that Senator Mike Shower (R – Wasilla) submitted his resignation to Senate President Gary Stevens (R – Kodiak), effective November 3. Shower’s resignation is not a surprise as he is Republican gubernational candidate…… Read More

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is just over a month away! Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) announced late Friday afternoon that Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle is out, and that he appointed Deputy Commissioner John Crowther as acting commissioner. Anchorage … Read More

This week’s column addresses three separate issues that have arisen over the past few weeks.  The first, raised in a column written in the Alaska Landmine by former Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman, is whether Alaska has a large enough tax … Read More

I had a friend tell me years ago after I testified in front of the Legislature that I had a “terrible poker face when it came to politics”. My response was “thank you,” which really caught him off guard. I … Read More