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Do Alaskans get paid to live there? The who, what, when, where & why of the PFD

FeaturedJanuary 30, 2023

By ED KING – KING ECONOMICS GROUP Editor’s note: This article first appeared at King Economics Group. It is republished here with permission. Whenever I travel to the Lower 48, I usually get asked this question: “Do you really get paid just for

OPINION: Why Alaska should never pass a budget exceeding $7.7 billion in state funds

FeaturedJanuary 13, 2023

By Vance Ginn and Quinn Townsend – Alaska Policy Forum Introduction While revenue estimates for the state of Alaska hit a record high last fiscal year, this upcoming fiscal year 2024 (July 2023 – June 2024) is another story. The Fall 2022 revenue

High cost of living makes an Alaska income tax doubly burdensome

FeaturedDecember 30, 2022

By Jared Walczak (Tax Foundation) Alaska’s decision to forgo an individual income tax serves an important role in offsetting above-average federal income tax burdens in Alaska. At first blush, this sounds confusing. Alaskans face the same federal income tax

Alaska’s rising education expenses fueled by benefits and a growing administrative apparatus

EducationDecember 28, 2022

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Reason Foundation recently published the 2022 K–12 education spending spotlight examining school finance trends from 2002 to 2020. The Alaska data points, calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau, show

Murkowski helps Dems pass spending bill that includes $11M for LGBTQ special interests

FeaturedDecember 23, 2022

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of 18 Republican senators who voted with Democrats to approve a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the federal government for the next year. The legislation includes 7,200 earmarks costing over $15 billion, including $11 million for

ANALYSIS: Is Juneau running out of diesel?

FeaturedNovember 11, 2022

(ErikN Publications) – On October 27, 2022, Tucker Carlson announced to the nation that we are running short of diesel, with a mere 25 days of diesel inventory remaining. He was following up on a question that was posed to John Kirby, President

Alaska’s 2022 commercial fishing harvest valued at $720 million, $77 million more than 2021

FeaturedNovember 10, 2022

Alaska’s Department of Fish & Game has released its preliminary numbers on the 2022 commercial salmon fishery harvest. fishing harvest. Counting all salmon species, the value is estimated to be $720.4 million, which is significantly higher than 2021’s

Finance

Do Alaskans get paid to live there? The who, what, when, where & why of the PFD

OPINION: Why Alaska should never pass a budget exceeding $7.7 billion in state funds

High cost of living makes an Alaska income tax doubly burdensome

Alaska’s rising education expenses fueled by benefits and a growing administrative apparatus

Murkowski helps Dems pass spending bill that includes $11M for LGBTQ special interests

ANALYSIS: Is Juneau running out of diesel?

Alaska’s 2022 commercial fishing harvest valued at $720 million, $77 million more than 2021

OPINION: Alaska is in the midst of a great constitutional debate

Breaking down how the State of Alaska spends its money

More taxes can’t solve Alaska’s unsustainable spending

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