OPINION: 4 PFD questions every Alaska candidate should be forced to answer
What reopening defined benefit pensions actually costs every Alaskan and why you must not vote for a union-supported candidate this
Alaska Dems & GOP allies fail to override veto of costly state employee pension bill
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed controversial legislation that would have reintroduced a costly, government-run defined benefit pension system for state
OPINION: Closing the Hilcorp ‘loophole’ is really just government extortion
The Hilcorp tax debate reflects the tension between free enterprise and Alaska government’s growing demand for revenue, compounded by the state’s resistance to cut its own spending and produce structural
OPINION: When lawmakers deter resource developers, Alaskans get squeezed
Alaska’s fiscal stability will not come from squeezing the last drops out of a shrinking sector; it will come from expanding the sector
OPINION: Why not adjust lawmakers’ salaries each time they adjust our PFD?
I propose that the salary for every legislator be paid at the same percentage as the PFD we receive. If the public gets a full PFD, the legislators get their full
Fiscal watchdog group urges governor to veto pension bill that ‘threatens to bankrupt’ Alaska
"Governor Dunleavy has a clear choice: protect Alaska’s fiscal future or risk leaving office with a legacy of reopening the door to massive pension debt. This bill threatens to bankrupt the state." - AFP President Emily
OPINION: If Sen. Stevens wonders why Alaskans don’t trust government, he needs to look in a mirror
Senator Stevens, our country is based on a social compact between the people and the government. You get your power and authority from the consent of the governed. By failing to do your job properly, the people no longer trust
REP. MCCABE: Gaslighting the gasline with unprincipled principles
Many of the most ardent critics of the Alaska gasline project are dismissing it with unprincipled slogans about free markets, which they ignore everywhere
OPINION: Alaska requires a thorough D.O.G.E.-ing
Has Alaska allowed public money to create a self-protecting ecosystem of funded intermediaries whose continued existence depends more on political alignment than measurable
OPINION: With less than 30 days left to challenge Alaska’s RINOs, nobody’s stepped up
None of the RINOs in the Alaska Legislature has a Republican primary opponent yet. This is a disappointing critique of Alaska's GOP
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