Do Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates back a statewide sales tax?
What did Alaska's gubernatorial candidates say when asked if they would ever support some form of a statewide sales
UPDATE: Chugiak-Eagle River effort to break from Anchorage tackles budget
The next task for the Eaglexit campaign is to clarify exactly what the budget might look like if Eagle River, Chugiak, Birchwood, Eklutna and JBER unified under a new borough that no longer answered to or depended on the larger Anchorage
Mat-Su eyes replacing skyrocketing property taxes with sales tax
Mat-Su Borough residents might soon vote to relegate their property taxes to the dustbin of history. The Borough Assembly is set to introduce a proposal that would largely eliminate increasingly burdensome property taxes and replace them with the region’s
OPINION: Fleecing Alaskans’ PFD is politically convenient and profoundly unfair
When the legislature redirects the PFD, it extracts wealth from Alaskans who lose purchasing power without a direct tax vote, and the local economy suffers all while government gains resources to
Dunleavy unveils plan to institute sales tax, limit state spending, protect PFD
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has introduced a bill in the State Senate that aims to enact a statewide sales tax as part of a larger plan that seeks to curtail state spending and guarantee a 50/50 split between the Permanent Fund Dividend and funds for state government
Alaska to expand school choice with tax-credit scholarships
While the program can support some public school expenses, the primary focus and impact will be on Alaska's private, religious, homeschool and alternative
Rep. McCabe exposes ‘voodoo math’ behind push to restore Alaska’s defined benefits
Every time someone claims that defined benefits will save Alaska money, they are betting your children’s Permanent Fund Dividends, your possible future taxes, or deep cuts to troopers and schools on the hope that the stock market will run hot for the next
Alaska Dems and GOP allies fail to override governor’s veto of corporate taxes
Just hours before Gov. Mike Dunleavy stands before Alaska lawmakers for his final State of the State address, the Alaska Legislature held a failed vote to override the governor’s veto of a corporate tax
Alaska Supreme Court to decide whether religious groups can be taxed
On Jan. 21, the Alaska Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case involving a dispute over whether local municipalities can tax religious
Alaska gubernatorial candidates Taylor and Wilson vow to oppose ‘all tax increases’
A national anti-tax organization - Americans for Tax Reform – has announced that former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and conservative grassroots leader and business owner Bernadette Wilson have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in their bid to
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