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, Why can’t contractors…… Read More

This has undoubtedly been the best weather we have had over a weekend in Southcentral this summer. The thermometer in my office is currently reading 88 degrees! I can’t believe it’s almost August. Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) signed … Read More

One of the most troubling aspects of Alaska state fiscal policy is the failure of policymakers and others regularly to consider the issue of “who pays” for government spending as a co-equal fiscal issue with how much government spends and on what. In…… 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’m just … Read More

It’s mid-July and while a large portion of the United States is experiencing extremely hot temperatures, much of Alaska remains cold and rainy. So much for a great summer after the winter we had to go through. Republican Nick Begich … Read More

While because of its significance and Alaskans’ ability directly to control the outcome, we focus most often on these pages on the economic impact on Alaska families and the overall economy of cuts in the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) – … Read More

Immediately after passing an ordinance adding bicycle lanes to several local streets, the Anchorage Assembly passed a second ordinance designating three “sanctioned bicycle chop shops,” where stolen bikes can be spray painted and legally sold. After the ordinance passed, Assembly … Read More

When Mokie Tew and I ran for the Mat-Su Borough Assembly, we both promised two things: Fight for a fiscally responsible government. Defend all residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough against an overreaching bureaucracy…

We are proud to say that… 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, My … Read More

We are a more than a week into July and summer in Southcentral has been, so far, disappointing. Southeast, on the other hand, has had some great summer weather recently. The not great weather did not stop Alaskans from enjoying … Read More