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The Sunday Minefield – September 21, 2025
Jeff Landfield
September 21, 2025
Fall is definitely in the air. The lows in Anchorage are forecast in the high 30s at the end of the week. Former Attorney General Treg Taylor finally officially filed to run for governor, making him the tenth Republican…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: No, oil tax revenues don’t “turn around”
Brad Keithley
September 19, 2025
In last week’s column, we spent time looking at the recent analyses by the Department of Revenue (DOR) of the projected 25-year fiscal impacts separately of Conoco’s Willow Project and
Months after Anchorage Assembly criminalized public camping and unauthorized fires, just one person has been charged
Jeff Landfield
September 17, 2025
On July 15, the Anchorage Assembly narrowly passed an ordinance that criminalized public camping in...
The Sunday Minefield – September 14, 2025
Jeff Landfield
September 14, 2025
It’s been a sad week due to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. It’s been especially concerning seeing the amount of people on social media who either praised what happened or tried to make some sick and twisted rationalization of…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Here’s what’s going on with oil production taxes
Brad Keithley
September 12, 2025
Following the Legislature's passage in 2013 of substantial revisions to Alaska’s oil production tax code (commonly referred to by its session bill number, “SB21”), Alaskans went to the polls the following...
Shower pick as Bernadette Wilson running mate creates more open Mat-Su Valley seats
Jeff Landfield
September 10, 2025
On Tuesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson held an event in Big Lake where she announced Senator Mike Shower (R - Wasilla)...
The Sunday Minefield
The Sunday Minefield
Jeff Landfield
September 21, 2025
Fall is definitely in the air. The lows in Anchorage are forecast in the high 30s at the end of the week. Former Attorney General Treg Taylor finally officially filed to run for governor, making him the tenth Republican…
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For the Permanent Fund, it’s the alts and drawdown rate
Joe Paskvan
September 8, 2025
How did Alaska get so close to not being able to pay its bills? To…
Why we shouldn’t combine the Permanent Fund accounts
Senator Robert Myers
September 3, 2025
The Permanent Fund has changed in both its investments and its use since it…
Reflecting on a Father’s Day fishing trip to Homer, Alaska from New York City
Eugene "Gino" Durante
June 27, 2025
Living on planet Earth is peculiar. Despite billions of people, raising an upright walking…
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