An article in this month’s Alaska Economic Trends (Economic Trends) published by the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) and a recent follow-up article on it by Alex DeMarban in the Anchorage Daily News captures in…… Read More

The road map for reporting and investigating allegations of misconduct, policy abuses, and potential criminal violations within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is slightly different from other federal agencies. The two key federal statutes FBI employees must rely upon … Read More

After decades of planning, the Fish Creek Trail Connection, which would follow an Alaska Railroad right-of-way and connect the existing Fish Creek Trail in Spenard with the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail…… Read More

The legislative session starts in just over seven weeks! Quite a bit happened this week in Alaska politics. Both Republican minorities announced their leadership and organization. Former Representative Gabrielle LeDoux’s trail for election fraud resulted in a hung jury. The … Read More

Since mid-November, we have been thinking about…… Read More

A North Slope Borough (NSB) document obtained by Landmine shows that NSB Mayor Josiah Patkotak and his family have made multiple trips to the Lower 48, Peru, around the state, and the NSB since he took office in October 2023.  … Read More

This review contains spoilers for the film Gladiator II. My dad tried naming me Maximus. It was February of 2001 – the Towers had not yet fallen, Jennifer Lopez’s second studio album was charting, and Ridley Scott’s sword-and-sandals epic Gladiator … Read More

Today’s it’s the Monday Minefield! I am in New Mexico visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, so I took a break this weekend. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and holiday weekend. It was a rather slow week in Alaska … Read More

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), long perceived as the premier law enforcement agency in the world and a paragon of justice and accountability, has strayed so far from its foundational principles of Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity, and adherence to the … Read More

Earlier this month, the House Resources Committee held a hearing to receive updates on both the Cook Inlet gas issue and the Alaska LNG project. The portion on the Alaska LNG project focused on the project’s proposed “Phase I,” a … Read More