Ask a cat is new 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, What kind of places does… Read More

We are more than a month into the legislative session. No one expects them to finish 90 days – the statutory limit. This session will likely go to the 121 day constitutional limit, which would be mid-May. Congresswoman Mary Peltola … 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

Often we hear some claim that Alaska doesn’t have personal state taxes. That’s wrong. As former Governor Jay Hammond explained in his seminal book on Alaska fiscal policy, Diapering the Devil: Reducing [Permanent Fund] dividends to pay for government services would…… Read More

The Chinese weather balloon, it seems, was not the end of aerial incursions into U.S. airspace. Rather, it was just the beginning of a week of American firepower vs. “unidentified cylindrical objects with no visible means of propulsion” flying over Lake Huron, the Yukon territory, and Prudhoe Bay. In each instance, the objects were shot down by F-22 pilots, with no indication from the Pentagon as to what they might have been.… Read More

Debate over per student spending, known as the Base Student Allocation (BSA), is not new to the Legislature. Lawmakers have approved several one-time increases over the years. But this year, Senate…… Read More

Ask a cat is new 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, As Valentine’s … Read More

We are nearly a month into the legislative session, and things have been relatively quiet. Senator Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska) gave his annual speech to a joint session of the Legislature on Tuesday. The 2022 executive compensation and travel … Read More

In my experience, there’s two types of people who vocally concern themselves with education as a political issue. The first type are people (often former or current educators and concerned parents) who want better education for students, regardless of the … Read More

One of the things we spend a lot of time studying are Alaska’s fiscal policy baselines. There are several. On the revenue side, the Department of Revenue (DOR) regularly publishes two long term (10-year) revenue forecasts every year (Spring and Fall). As a regular…… Read More