Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What the Spring Revenue Forecast tells us about the need for oil tax reform
March 20, 2026
Regular, or even occasional, readers of this page will likely recall that, in previous columns, we have...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Radical obfuscation
Brad Keithley April 24, 2026
One of the most significant frustrations we have with how both the Legislature and the executive branch present and discuss the budget is their handling of revenue. Far from demonstrating transparency, their approach crosses the border deep into intentional obfuscation. It’s not that they don’t know how to...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why a dedicated “Education Fund” would undermine a long-term fiscal plan
Brad Keithley
April 10, 2026
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Thoughts on changing the POMV draw percentage
Brad Keithley March 13, 2026
Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee introduced Senate Bill (SB) 274, “An Act relating to the computation of the amount available for...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Stabilizing Alaska’s boom-bust-boom-bust revenue cycles
Brad Keithley March 6, 2026
As we have discussed in previous columns, one of, if not the greatest, causes of Alaska’s fiscal problems is the use of projected year-ahead...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why “Protect the Permanent Fund” is really “Protect the Spend”
Brad Keithley February 27, 2026
Two slides, the first in a recent presentation before the Senate Finance Committee by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), and the...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Significantly reducing the impact of the state’s fiscal burden on Alaskans
Brad Keithley February 20, 2026
An exchange earlier this week with an interested reader helped us realize that some aren’t appreciating the full impact of various fiscal options on...