As president of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, I represent more than 500 businesses across the state of Alaska that provide the goods and services essential to keeping Alaska’s oil industry running. Our members are welders, truckers, caterers, engineers, and…… Read More

The Landmine has learned that former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum committed $50 million from the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund (CBR)…… Read More

Alaskans have had a helluva run for more than four decades. We haven’t had to pay a state income or sales tax for all that time, and on top of it we’ve gotten a free check from the state every … Read More

Fairbanks, Alaska sits at about 65 degrees north. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world, and is within 200 miles of the Arctic Circle. There is a good argument to be made that tamarack!, a post-hardcore band … Read More

After the U.S. Senate failed to reach the 60 votes required to pass a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R – Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska) – who both…… Read More

Termination dust is on the peaks of the Chugach mountains behind Anchorage. Winter will be here before we know it. It was a fairly slow week in Alaska politics. No new candidates filed to run for the Legislature or governor. … Read More

I was born about a decade after Alaska became the 49th state, and have shadowy memories of life before oil revenue poured in. The preparedness to take care of ourselves demonstrated by gravel and shovels in the back of trucks … Read More

Over the past few months, we have written several columns about the significant drop in production tax revenues projected for the coming decade, despite a substantial increase in production volumes during the same period. As we have explained, the directional…… Read More

Most of us have had to deal with health insurance companies for one thing or another. I envy the lucky few who have never had to deal with them. Overall I have been blessed with good health. The only thing … Read More

Fall is definitely in the air. The lows in Anchorage are forecast in the high 30s at the end of the week. Former Attorney General Treg Taylor finally officially filed to run for governor, making him the tenth Republican in … Read More