On September 30, Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) vetoed Senate Bill 113. The bill would have amended current law to require internet-based companies to pay Alaska corporate income taxes…… Read More

It’s October! Which means Permanent Fund Dividend checks hit accounts this week and snow will be on the ground soon. Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson officially announced that he is running for governor, making him the eleventh Republican in the … Read More

A recent article from Alaska’s News Source focused on a petition on Change.org “to restore and protect [Alaska’s] Permanent Fund Dividend [PFD].” At the time of the story, the petition “was just shy of 16,000 signatures.” As of the time … Read More

As president of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, I represent more than 500 businesses across the state of Alaska that provide the goods and services essential to keeping Alaska’s oil industry running. Our members are welders, truckers, caterers, engineers, and…… Read More

The Landmine has learned that former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum committed $50 million from the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund (CBR)…… Read More

Alaskans have had a helluva run for more than four decades. We haven’t had to pay a state income or sales tax for all that time, and on top of it we’ve gotten a free check from the state every … Read More

Fairbanks, Alaska sits at about 65 degrees north. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world, and is within 200 miles of the Arctic Circle. There is a good argument to be made that tamarack!, a post-hardcore band … Read More

After the U.S. Senate failed to reach the 60 votes required to pass a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R – Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska) – who both…… Read More

Termination dust is on the peaks of the Chugach mountains behind Anchorage. Winter will be here before we know it. It was a fairly slow week in Alaska politics. No new candidates filed to run for the Legislature or governor. … Read More

I was born about a decade after Alaska became the 49th state, and have shadowy memories of life before oil revenue poured in. The preparedness to take care of ourselves demonstrated by gravel and shovels in the back of trucks … Read More