I hope everyone is enjoying the 4th of July holiday weekend! The weather around Southcentral and much of Alaska has been amazing, though very hot. I hiked out to and camped at Rabbit Lake yesterday with a buddy and had … Read More

Earlier this week Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) finalized the state’s FY22 and FY23 fiscal plans by announcing his line item vetoes of the FY22 Supplemental and FY23 budgets approved earlier by the Legislature. As the following chart – which…… Read More

The top two compensated executives at Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) earned a combined $17,877,743 in 2021. Butch Lincoln, executive vice…… Read More

It was a wild week in Alaska politics. Al Gross‘ withdrawal from the U.S. House race, that the Landmine broke on Wednesday, culminated in an Alaska Supreme Court decision three days later that leaves us with just three candidates instead … 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

Regularly when responding to our discussion about issues related to the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), some will accuse us of engaging in “class warfare.” They mean the term in a derogatory sense, objecting to our focus on the hugely regressive … Read More

In a June 15 letter sent to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the heads of 18 anti-resource development organizations ask her to halt the development of…… Read More

Sources familiar with the Al Gross campaign tell the Landmine that Independent candidate Al Gross plans to withdraw from the special general congressional election to replace the late Don Young.
With the vast of majority of primary votes counted, Gross is…… Read More

The Summer Solstice is Tuesday, which means the days are about to start getting shorter. Summer is never long enough in Alaska. With more votes counted in the special congressional primary election, the top-four remain the same as on election … Read More

The Department of Revenue publishes two formal revenue updates each fiscal year. The first is the detailed Fall Revenue Sources Book, published in December in connection with the submission of the governor’s budget. The second is the Spring…… Read More