As some readers of this column may recall, we have…… Read More

On Friday, April 11, the House passed a floor amendment to the budget that lowered the…… Read More

I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! It was a short week in Juneau as many people headed home for Easter. Tomorrow is day 90 of the legislative session, which means another year of not finishing by the statutory … Read More

Fiscal analysts use multiple lenses to evaluate whether a government budget is “balanced.” One is in an accounting sense of whether overall revenues equal overall spending. But that’s not the only lens.… Read More

It was a loose and eventful week in Juneau. First, the House majority and minority held strange, dueling press conferences. Second, the House Finance Committee tried to introduce a new version of the budget, only to see the whole thing … Read More

Twenty-five-year-old Ryan Sheldon is new to the Capitol. He’s been working for Representative Julie Coulombe (R – Anchorage) for the last few months. His inexperience was revealed in an email exchange with Nate Graham, who works for Representative…… Read More

In February, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved a 76% decrease in royalty payments for HEX/Furie, owned by John Hendrix. This applies…… Read More

It’s day 75 of the 121-day legislative session, and there is no clear path to get out of town. The House Finance Committee finished hearing budget amendments and passed the FY2026 budget out of committee, but it’s $2 billion underwater … Read More

Senator Lyman Hoffman (D – Bethel) is soft spoken and usually doesn’t say much. But he veered from that persona this week with two big actions. First, he…… Read More

There are, conservatively, at least thirty million different Donald Trump impersonators worldwide, and fewer than .01 percent of them can do a decent job. Fixing a squint on one’s face, pursing one’s lips, leaning forward at the waist, gesticulating wildly…… Read More