Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (1.20.2025)What LegFin’s “Overview” tells us about the fiscal situation facing the #akleg this session; what the heck is Enstar doing now & the…9h ago9h ago
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: WHICH working-age Alaska families are outmigrating?This week, we look at detailed IRS data to help identify which types of working-age Alaska families are leading the Alaska outmigration3d ago3d ago
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (1.13.2025)Should the #akleg fund AGDC’s “Hail Mary,” where working age outmigration is occurring by income bracket & why “royalty relief” is an…Jan 14Jan 14
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: Permanent Fund “Performance”This week, we compare the returns being generated by the Permanent Fund and the benchmarks the PFC uses against more broadly known measures…Jan 10Jan 10
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (1.6.2025)Dunleavy’s “legacy,” how we are continuing to fiddle even as we count down to the zero hour on Cook Inlet gas & rather than face budget…Jan 7Jan 7
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: Here’s a significant part of the revenue problemDigging into the Fall Revenue Sources Book explains why state royalty and production tax revenues are plunging even as overall production…Jan 4Jan 4
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: Dunleavy to potential investors and others: 🤷♂️By completely ignoring one of his most important fiscal responsibilities, Governor Dunleavy is failing to provide needed economic…Dec 21, 2024Dec 21, 2024
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (12.16.2024)Dunleavy fails to “protect the economic stability of the state,” our takeaway from the Fall revenue forecast, recent developments on Cook…Dec 17, 2024Dec 17, 2024
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: Alaska’s outmigration death spiralEfforts to address Alaska’s outmigration issue through additional government spending will only make the problem worse if the funding comes…Dec 14, 2024Dec 14, 2024
Published inAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (12.9.2024)The “simple answer” to outmigration would make the problem worse, Alaska LNG Phase I is far from a “private sector” project & why is the…Dec 10, 2024Dec 10, 2024