As regular readers will know, we have written several times in recent months about the performance of the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) in managing the…… Read More

If you attended Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) Sustainable Energy Conference last week with no prior background or knowledge of Alaska, you might think Alaska was on the precipice of a major energy renaissance – and that the long-awaited … Read More

We are less than a month away from being halfway through 2025! Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) held his annual Sustainable Energy Conference this week in Anchorage, which attracted some key Trump administration officials. A judge found the State … Read More

The first thing that comes to many, indeed, likely most minds when discussing Alaska tax credits is the per-barrel credits used by the state’s oil producers to reduce their annual production tax obligations to the state.  While not as big … Read More

I can’t believe it’s already June! Summer is definitely here. The budget and several bills were transmitted to Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) this week. The two presiding officers sent a strongly worded letter to Governor Dunleavy about a … Read More

Now that the legislative session is over, this week we look at how the Legislature proposes to finance the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget and the resulting impact on Alaska households. As in the previous seven years since the adoption … Read More

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend! I took the ferry to Haines from Juneau early Friday morning with some friends. I spent Saturday at the Haines Beerfest, which was a lot of fun. I spent the entire … Read More

In last week’s column, we explored an issue underlying the arguments of some who are…… Read More

No one’s really scared of vampires anymore. Once a vessel for our lingering fears about mortality, sexuality, and guys named Vlydisywch Pyztryznyz, the fear factor that once surrounded vampires is now tainted by decades of overexposure and the Twilight franchise (which my girlfriend recently made me…… Read More

There are just three days left until the end of the 121-day session! By all accounts, it looks like they may actually finish up a day sooner this year. The conference committee finished its work on the operating budget today, … Read More