Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Corporation’s FY25 results
August 8, 2025
Over the past couple of weeks, the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) has published most of the reports that reflect, on a preliminary basis, its…
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Here’s what’s going on with oil production taxes
Brad Keithley September 12, 2025
Following the Legislature's passage in 2013 of substantial revisions to Alaska’s oil production tax code (commonly referred to by its session bill number, “SB21”), Alaskans went to the polls the following...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What does comparing the PFC’s “Active Management” approach v. the passive index benchmarks tell us
Brad Keithley
September 5, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: An interim 2025 state revenue and budget update
Brad Keithley
August 29, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why Alaska should increase the required K-12 local contribution
Brad Keithley
August 24, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What every state candidate (and campaign manager) should prepare for
Brad Keithley
August 16, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Focusing on the forest
Brad Keithley August 3, 2025
One of the biggest challenges in discussing Alaska’s fiscal situation is to persuade listeners to focus on the full fiscal forest. When discussing fiscal...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Legislature badly needs to fix production taxes before we continue to “drill, baby, drill”
Brad Keithley July 25, 2025
In the wake of President Trump’s emphasis on opening additional federal lands in Alaska for oil...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the federal tax impact on PFDs is not a valid basis for supporting PFD cuts
Brad Keithley July 19, 2025
In recent conversations, some have continued to use the impact of federal income taxes on Permanent...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Corporation’s most recent numbers show it continues to underperform
Brad Keithley July 14, 2025
While many Alaskans believe that Alaska’s revenue stream, which funds both government and