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The Sunday Minefield – February 15, 2026

Jeff Landfield

February 15, 2026

The legislative session is nearly a month in, which means there’s just over three months until the constitutional 121-day limit. The House and Senate finance committees rolled out committee substitutes for the budget this week, with the House taking…

How D.C. progressive billionaires are building Alaska’s permanent opposition

Jeff Landfield

February 15, 2026

With oil below $70/barrel, most of the talk in Juneau is about the budget. But while committees continue to hear bills, a lot of this session - and the 2026...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The impact of Gov. Dunleavy’s proposed sales tax by legislative district

Brad Keithley

February 13, 2026

Replacing cuts in the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) with the type of sales tax recently proposed by Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska) as a funding...

New House majority press person resigned from Homer News after Rep. Vance letter about Charlie Kirk story

Jeff Landfield

February 13, 2026

In a story that could probably only happen in Juneau, the mostly Democratic House majority's new press person has some recent, and dramatic, history with...

Review: Heated Rivalry – Episode Two – “Olympians”

Jacob Hersh

February 11, 2026

“Mann gegen Mann, Meine Haut gehört den Herren. Mann gegen Mann, Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern.” -Rammstein, Mann Gegen Mann “Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin’, Tossed salad and scrambled eggs And maybe I seem a bit confused,

The Sunday Minefield – February 8, 2026

Jeff Landfield

February 8, 2026

I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl! It was a weird game but many Seahawks fans in Alaska are very happy tonight. We are three weeks into the legislative session, and things are moving right along. Governor Mike Dunleavy…

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