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Fairbanks School District Superintendent Luke Meinert’s loose “award”

Robert Herrick

November 18, 2025

Last week, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District social media accounted touted that Superintendent Luke Meinert has been “named one of the nation’s Top 10 School District Superintendents for 2025 by Education Insider.”  The Facebook post...

The Sunday Minefield – November 16, 2025

Jeff Landfield

November 16, 2025

Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away! Senator Matt Claman (D – Anchorage) entered the crowded governor’s race, making him the fourteenth candidate and the second Democrat in the race. Shelley Hughes resigned her Senate seat to focus on…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The appearance of self-dealing

Brad Keithley

November 14, 2025

One of the things that has intrigued us most over the years is the extent to which the economic interests of most of Alaska’s legislators diverge from middle and lower-income Alaska families, which combined comprise 80% of Alaska households,…

The Sunday Minefield – November 9, 2025

Jeff Landfield

November 9, 2025

The first big snowfall hit Anchorage and Southcentral this week. While the snowplowing in Anchorage has been ok, there are still a lot of unplowed or under plowed side streets and sidewalks. Things ate starting to get loose between…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska is the California and New York, combined, of regressive tax rates

Brad Keithley

November 8, 2025

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

Leaked records show APD mental health clinician resigned after 18-year-old used her handgun to make threats

Jeff Landfield

November 7, 2025

Internal Anchorage Police Department (APD) documents obtained by the Landmine show that...

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