Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the Permanent Fund Corporation’s investment approach may become a major 2026 campaign issue
March 22, 2025
In our last two columns, we have explained that the
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: HB 209: A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Brad Keithley May 11, 2025
On the heels of the Legislature’s expected approval of a $1,000 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 – adjusted for inflation, the lowest in the state’s history – late last month Representative Zack Fields (D – Anchorage) filed a bill not only to cap the PFD permanently at that level, but also to…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Dunleavy came in promising to “Save the PFD,” but is going to leave having helped kill it
Brad Keithley
May 2, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the adoption of a one-account Permanent Fund would favor the current generation at the expense of future ones
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April 25, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The badly unbalanced “balanced budget”
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April 18, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How much are we leaving on the POMV table?
Brad Keithley March 14, 2025
Last week’s column focused on conducting a “thought experiment” on the Permanent Fund (Fund). It examined what would have happened if the balance of...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A not-too-far-fetched “thought experiment”
Brad Keithley March 7, 2025
“Thought experiments are defined as the mental process of using hypotheticals to logically reason out a solution to a difficult question. As the name...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska has a revenue design problem
Brad Keithley February 28, 2025
In a recent op-ed that is making its way through the state’s newspapers and other media outlets, former Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman rhetorically asks,...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How the Legislature should respond to the Hilcorp LNG proposal
Brad Keithley February 21, 2025
Earlier this month, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon), the owner of the Kenai oil refinery and various related assets, announced the proposed sale...