This is an update on the ACLU’s representation of former State attorney Elizabeth Bakalar in a wrongful termination lawsuit against Governor Dunleavy, the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Tuckerman Babcock, and the State of Alaska. Generally, in the lawsuit Bakalar alleges … Read More

Check out our video from this year’s Alaska Oil and Gas Association annual conference. The conference included a big announcement about the gasline, as well as excitement about the upcoming lease sale in ANWR. A big thanks to AOGA and … Read More

It’s finally June! Summer is fast upon us. The first special session of the 31st Alaska Legislature continues in Juneau. Not much has really happened. The dividend issue is still stuck in the Senate, although it sounds like there may … Read More

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape and political gossip.… Read More

Three weeks ago the Landmine broke a story about a sole source contract for economic development from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to Clark Penney. The initial contract is for $44,000, which expires on 9/30/2019. The sole source … Read More

It’s Memorial Day weekend. I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend that rings in summer in Alaska. Let us not forget all of the men and women who have died while serving in the Armed Forces. A friendly message … Read More

A memo obtained by the Alaska Landmine, from the Legislature’s Division of Legal and Research Services to Representative Zack Fields (D – Anchorage), suggests that the paid ads that Governor Michael J. Dunleavy (R – Alaska) is running against legislators … Read More

You might know Matt Larkin as a politco and pollster with Dittman Research. But did you know he’s also a poet? Check out this video, produced by Cale Green, of an incredible poem, What if I told you, Matt wrote … Read More

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape.… Read More

The first session of the 31st Alaska Legislature has come and gone. And to the surprise of few, the first special session began the day next day. It was unclear if the special session was going to be held in … Read More