We are more than one month into the legislative session and things finally went of the rails this week! At least they did in the House. After a big fight on the House floor, a bill to massively increase per … Read More

Earlier this month, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon), the owner of the Kenai oil refinery and various related assets, announced the proposed sale…… Read More

We are a month into the legislative session and, until Wednesday, the vibe in the Capitol was calm and subdued. It was so boring that things felt out of place, especially in the House. It was starting to feel like the days of Republican protest sit-ins on the House floor…… Read More

We are nearly a month into session and things are moving right along. The big news this week in Juneau was a bill that Senator Rob Yundt (R – Wasilla) introduced that would apply Alaska’s 9.4% corporate tax rate to … Read More

Those who follow these columns know that we have been discussing for nearly all of the time we have been writing them the fiscal sinkhole into which the state gradually has been sliding over most of the last decade plus. … Read More

Following an announcement that his boss, Senator Rob Yundt (R – Wasilla) had introduced a bill that would apply the corporate income tax to oil and gas producer Hilcorp, staffer Ryan McKee announced that he would be “taking a break … Read More

In December, the Landmine published a story that detailed numerous trips that North Slope Borough (NSB) Mayor Josiah Patkotak took to various cities…… Read More

We are already entering week four of the legislative session! The group of eight legislators (two from each caucus) have been meeting with Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) legislative director to try make some kind of deal on education. … Read More

This week, we are updating the charts in our two previous columns – last week’s on the budget (“This is brutal”) and the one the week before on the performance of the Permanent Fund (“The real Permanent Fund reform that’s … Read More

On February 4, the State of Alaska filed a lawsuit in the federal district court of Washington D.C. to obtain a ruling that former President Joe Biden’s…… Read More