Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Radical obfuscation
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...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Is Alaska being set up?
Brad Keithley June 12, 2026
Various discussions over the past week about the Alaska LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) project have led us to be concerned that Alaska potentially is being set up to settle for something significantly less than what it anticipates from the project down the road. The...
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: Here we go again
Brad Keithley April 17, 2026
During the 2024 legislative session, we wrote several columns opposing the subsidy of the development of Cook Inlet gas at the…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why a dedicated “Education Fund” would undermine a long-term fiscal plan
Brad Keithley April 10, 2026
Without any significant fanfare, or as far as we can determine, public discussion, Senate Joint...
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...