Chart of the Week

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Three things

Brad Keithley   October 24, 2025

This week’s column addresses three separate issues that have arisen over the past few weeks.  The first, raised in a column written in the Alaska Landmine by former Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman, is whether Alaska has a large enough tax base to support the state’s current budget. The second, raised in another Landmine column…

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”),...

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

On its website, the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) lists three “Strategic Performance Benchmarks...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: An interim 2025 state revenue and budget update

Brad Keithley   August 29, 2025

Over the past three years, we have used columns during the summer and fall to fill gaps in the Department of Revenue’s (DOR) regular…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why Alaska should increase the required K-12 local contribution

Brad Keithley   August 24, 2025

In a recent opinion piece in the Peninsula Clarion, Representative Bill Elam (R - Nikiski) raises an issue that deserves substantial attention in the...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What every state candidate (and campaign manager) should prepare for

Brad Keithley   August 16, 2025

Monthly, three major organizations publish detailed updates of their views of the global oil markets, which we review carefully. The updates from two of...
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