Living on planet Earth is peculiar. Despite billions of people, raising an upright walking human comes with challenges in every time zone. Perhaps it’s our original sin, or maybe we just weren’t meant to be at the top of the … Read More
The summer solstice has come and gone. I hope everyone had an awesome solstice weekend! Several people illegally camping at Davis Park in Anchorage torched it when city officials showed up to kick them out after years of not enforcing … Read More
As regular followers of our Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and Bluesky pages will know, monthly, as information becomes available, we regularly publish a series of charts looking at the Permanent Fund (Fund) through various lenses. One set of charts, … Read More
In South Anchorage, a brown bear sow and her two nearly grown cubs have been seeking unnatural prey and causing thousands of dollars damage in the process.… Read More
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! I have been in New Mexico the last week visiting my parents so I’ve have been a little checked out from Alaska politics. The big news this week was Governor Mike … Read More
As regular readers will know, we have written several times in recent months about the performance of the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) in managing the…… Read More
If you attended Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) Sustainable Energy Conference last week with no prior background or knowledge of Alaska, you might think Alaska was on the precipice of a major energy renaissance – and that the long-awaited … Read More
We are less than a month away from being halfway through 2025! Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) held his annual Sustainable Energy Conference this week in Anchorage, which attracted some key Trump administration officials. A judge found the State … Read More
The first thing that comes to many, indeed, likely most minds when discussing Alaska tax credits is the per-barrel credits used by the state’s oil producers to reduce their annual production tax obligations to the state. While not as big … Read More
I can’t believe it’s already June! Summer is definitely here. The budget and several bills were transmitted to Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) this week. The two presiding officers sent a strongly worded letter to Governor Dunleavy about a … Read More