Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click here to submit via a form (anonymous) to get the answers to any of life’s problems. Dear Cat, My wife … Read More
Winter has finally arrived as much of Southcentral was hit with snow this weekend. The start of the next legislative session is just over two months away. The Anchorage Housing Action Week, sponsored by the Anchorage Assembly, was held this … Read More
We have a crisis on our hands; more and more motor vehicles are getting larger and larger, going faster and faster, and making it next to impossible for non-motorized folk to cross any street, road, boulevard, avenue, parkway, or drive. Five and six lane “stroads” (a term coined by Charles Marohn, who just spoke in Anchorage), are a dominating fixture of the Anchorage transportation network…… Read More
Fundamental to the operation of any market economy is the relatively unfettered operation of supply and demand in finding an equilibrium price for the…… Read More
Ellie Rubenstein, who was appointed to the Permanent Fund board of Trustees in June of 2022 by Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska), spoke at a….… Read More
The State of Alaska filed a lawsuit today in State Superior Court asking that the court affirm the existence of public access easements on Campbell Lake. The lawsuit comes more than four years after the Landmine’s special feature, “The bizarre … Read More
Halloween is just two days away! Snow is in the forecast for Anchorage but not for another ten days. Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) held a press conference this week about incentives for new oil and gas production in … Read More
On August 31, an email went out from U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski’s (R – Alaska) campaign to hundreds of Murkowski supporters and volunteers. The…… Read More
“Killers of the Flower Moon” begins with the death of a people, and a certain kind of violent rebirth. Martin Scorsese’s latest epic opens with the ceremonial burial of an Osage pipe, and forces viewers to confront the wails of mourning and fear as the tribe faces…… Read More
AS 37.13.145 is one of the state’s key fiscal statutes. Titled “Disposition of income,” it sets forth the statutory principles that govern the disposition of income from the Permanent Fund. As statutes go, it’s fairly straightforward. Subsection (a) establishes the…… Read More