Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Whose money are we speculating with?
August 4, 2023
A recent article in the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman dredged up some old memories about past “big” capital projects, which, in turn, is causing us...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The $100,000 Dividend
Brad Keithley July 28, 2023
Last month we wrote a couple of columns on these pages discussing the Tax Avoidance Dividend (or TAD). The TAD is the flip side...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: “Who pays” is a co-equal fiscal issue
Brad Keithley July 21, 2023
One of the most troubling aspects of Alaska state fiscal policy is the failure of policymakers and others regularly to consider the issue of...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Who pays for the Jones Act
Brad Keithley July 14, 2023
While because of its significance and Alaskans’ ability directly to control the outcome, we focus most often on these pages on the economic impact…
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The June 2023 revenue update
Brad Keithley June 30, 2023
Last year at this time, we published a June 2022 revenue update. As we explained then: The Department of Revenue publishes two formal revenue...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Is Governor Dunleavy capitulating to the top 20%?
Brad Keithley June 23, 2023
While others have focused on other parts of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) recent press release announcing his line-item vetoes from the Fiscal...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The actual “mega-dividends”
Brad Keithley June 16, 2023
In last week’s column (“The ‘free ride’ that’s growing”), we began a deep dive into the other “free ride” that results from the use...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The “free ride” that’s growing
Brad Keithley June 9, 2023
In early April, during the House floor debate on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget, Representative Sara Hannan (D - Juneau) offered an amendment...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Is there an Earnings Reserve problem?
Brad Keithley June 2, 2023
In a recent commentary (‘Alaska Permanent Fund account that pays for state budget, dividends is under pressure”), the Alaska Beacon’s Andrew Kitchenman discusses a...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The FY24 adjournment budget (and no, it isn’t “balanced”)
Brad Keithley May 26, 2023
While Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska) has not acted on the FY24 budget passed by the Legislature (it has not yet been transmitted...