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. Preemptive Cat Chat: Cat wishes to…… Read More
Halting Holtan Hills How a small group of Girdwood’s most privileged residents manipulated Anchorage community councils to help shut down a long-overdue housing development An Alaska Landmine special feature by Paxson Woelber April 17, 2023 On January 26, David Nyman, … Read More
It’s day 90 of the legislative session and neither the House nor Senate have passes an operating or capital budget. The House punted the operating budget all week, but it looks like they may finally take it up tomorrow. Folk … Read More
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you enjoy the Alaska Stalker, please consider supporting working moms like me by sending in…… Read More
Occasionally, we wonder if we are just a lone voice shouting into the wind about the impact of cuts in the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) on Alaska families and the overall Alaska economy. We haven’t been wondering that lately, but if and when we do again…… Read More
Representative Jesse Sumner (R – Wasilla) used the Microsoft Bing AI co-pilot to write a bill that would legalize gambling on Alaska ferries. Sumner told the…… Read More
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, I recently (and maybe…… Read More
The big, and really only news out of Juneau this week was the budget debate on the House floor. Two normal and collegial days quickly devolved into a third day that saw 14 members of the House minority literally walk … Read More
Some readers will know that in addition to these weekly columns, we also regularly produce a series of daily charts focused on various aspects of Alaska oil, gas, and fiscal issues. We call one set of those charts, which we publish on Friday afternoons, the…… Read More
Fourteen members of the 16-member House minority fled the Capitol late this morning amid floor debate on the operating budget. This came after…… Read More