Feeling triggered? Seasonal ennui? Desperate to be chosen for Featured Feline? The Cat can help. Reach out anonymously here or e-mail askacat@alaskalandmine.com. Dear Most Wondrous and Wise Cat: What does one do about the fact that the tourists are coming? … Read More

We are more than two-thirds through the 121-day session limit. After more than a week of hearing budget amendments, the House Finance Committee passed finally passed the budget out of the committee. Things are sure to get contentious on the … Read More

A meeting of the House Health & Social Services Committee got extremely loose yesterday. On the agenda for the meeting was several board confirmation hearings. But things took a turn for the bizarre…… Read More

At a time when the Legislature and the public urgently need clarity and transparency around Cook Inlet gas issues, we are having a difficult time reconciling claims made by Enstar President John Sims on the subject, as recently reported in a Petroleum News…… Read More

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Happy Easter! This was a short week in Juneau due to the holiday weekend. We are 75 days into the 121-day legislative session and the end game is not at all clear. The House Finance Committee struggled to hear budget … Read More

One of the things that has struck us most during the years we have followed Alaska’s fiscal debates – including this week’s debate over the Fiscal Year 2025 budget before the House Finance Committee – has been legislators’ consistent willingness … Read More

The June 1 filing deadline to run for one of the 50 legislative seats up this year is just over two…… Read More

Problems at work? Love life gone awry? Conflict with the neighbor’s collie? The Cat can help. Reach out anonymously here or e-mail askacat@alaskalandmine.com. Dear Cat, Tips for passive aggressive coworkers? I’m at the end of my…… Read More

The big news this week was the Legislature’s failure, by one vote, to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) veto of Senate Bill 140. The House held an odd marathon floor session on Wednesday that went until early Thursday … Read More