Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why a dedicated “Education Fund” would undermine a long-term fiscal plan
April 10, 2026
Without any significant fanfare, or as far as we can determine, public discussion, Senate Joint...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A blind fiscal taste test
Brad Keithley May 29, 2026
Over time, we have become increasingly convinced that discussions about Alaska’s fiscal policy are driven more by labels and culture-war-like slogans than by hard numbers, as they should be. Following up on an idea generated during a discussion of the issue earlier this week in our podcast, in this week’s column, we attempt to eliminate those…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why current Alaska fiscal policy is bound to fail
Brad Keithley
May 24, 2026
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The PFD debate
Brad Keithley April 4, 2026
As codified in current law, Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) functions much like a preferred corporate dividend. The amount is set…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why Gov. Dunleavy’s sales tax takes less from middle and lower-income families than Rep. Galvin’s income/education tax
Brad Keithley March 27, 2026
Over the past couple of weeks...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What the Spring Revenue Forecast tells us about the need for oil tax reform
Brad Keithley March 20, 2026
Regular, or even occasional, readers of this page will likely recall that, in previous columns, we have...
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...