Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: “Surplus”This week we explain the Orwellian use of the term “surplus” by some to cover up what’s really a huge and growing state budget deficit5h ago5h ago
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (7.23.2024)Another step in the Orwellianization of Alaska budget terms, what explains the outmigration of working-age #AKfamilies & what effect does…3d ago3d ago
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: Why aren’t state oil revenues growing with production, and how…Most think state revenues from oil will grow with production volumes. But the most recent Spring Revenue Forecast says they don’t. This…Jul 20Jul 20
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (7.15.2024)Why state oil revenues aren’t tracking production increases, there’s still no progress on Southcentral gas as we pass a key date & we…Jul 16Jul 16
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: “Opportunity Cost” and Alaska fiscal policySome attempt to apply the concept of “opportunity costs” when analyzing the PFD, but they stop halfway through. We finish the work.Jul 13Jul 13
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (7.8.2024)The “opportunity costs” of PFD cuts, why state revenues from oil aren’t following the growth in oil production volumes & why KTUU’s “man in…Jul 9Jul 9
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: This is why and how the Permanent Fund is going to be drainedSome think the Permanent Fund principal can’t be touched, but we explain why and how some are positioning to drain it once Permanent Fund…Jul 6Jul 6
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (7.1.2024)The Dunleavy budget legacy so far, why Alaskans should no longer trust the Permanent Fund Corporation & how the Hilcorp tax loophole keeps…Jul 2Jul 2
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Friday Alaska Landmine column: What would the amount of the PFD have been if the Legislature…Some routinely ask what past PFDs would have been if the Legislature hadn’t taxed (cut) them. This week’s chart does the calculations.Jun 28Jun 28
Brad KeithleyinAlaskans for Sustainable BudgetsThe Weekly Top 3 (6.24.2024)The Newsminer editorial board is hallucinating, why Alaska’s Congressional candidates should be channeling Ross Perot & another nail in the…Jun 25Jun 25