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Finance

Watchdog site reveals stark differences in how much each Alaska school spends on students

EducationJune 15, 2023
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum Project Nickel is a tool designed to help families, taxpayers, and policymakers understand how much schools spend per student across the country, and it compares schools on the factors that matter to

OPINION: Alaska Legislature’s ‘irresponsible’ $8 billion budget exacerbates financial woes

FeaturedMay 22, 2023
By Quinn Townsend – Alaska Policy Forum With revenue forecasts as dismal as this year’s have been, the legislature’s passage of a very large budget for fiscal year 2024 (FY 2024) is unfortunate. In this coming fiscal year, legislators plan on spending

EaglExit Chair: How Federal disability law disincentivizes high student performance

EducationMay 15, 2023
Editor’s note: The following provides updates on the EaglExit project, a multi-year effort which is underway to detach the Eagle River and Chugiak areas away from the Municipality of Anchorage in order to create a separate and independent borough. This

OPINION: Rift in Alaska Legislature signals likelihood of a special session

EducationMay 15, 2023
Midnight Wednesday is quickly approaching, but things are in gridlock. The 120-day legislative session clock is about to expire, and the House and Senate have no agreement on the budget. I know it is frustrating for you to read this, and I’m guessing you

Alaska House passes bill reaffirming the right to use gold or silver as legal tender

FeaturedMay 12, 2023
The Alaska House has passed House Bill 3, which reaffirms the state’s recognition that gold and silver can be used as legal tender for debt payment. The bill aligns with the U.S. Constitution and supports the use of gold and silver specie as legal

Alaskans aren’t really empowered to call a constitutional convention (Part 4)

FeaturedMay 8, 2023
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is the final column in a four-part series on Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a

Part 3: Alaska should be outraged that election laws failed to rein in the anti-Const. Convention ‘cartel’

FeaturedApril 30, 2023
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is part three of four in a series about Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a

Part II: Shock and awe spending spree aimed to deter future Alaska’s Constitutional Convention efforts

FeaturedApril 26, 2023
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is part two of four in a series about Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a

Part I: Alaska’s constitutional convention spending spree

FeaturedApril 17, 2023
Editor’s note: This is the first of four parts in a series of articles by J.H. Snider on Alaska’s 2022 constitutional convention referendum vote. Part I describes the spending spree over the referendum. Part II proposes a deterrence theory

OPINION: If Chugiak/Eagle River secedes from Anchorage we’ll have better schools (part 1)

EducationApril 15, 2023
Editor’s note: EaglExit is a growing grassroots movement of Chugiak/Eagle River residents who are working to formally secede from Anchorage to create a new independent borough. The aim to create a small government that can better deliver essential

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