Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Reviving Governor Hammond’s “Parachute Plan”
April 29, 2022
Over the course of the past week we have written extensively on our Facebook and Twitter pages and spoken at length on our weekly...
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Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: A relook at the Fiscal Policy Working Group proposal
Brad Keithley April 22, 2022
Last June (2021), in the midst of efforts to resolve the FY22 budget, the Legislature established a bi-partisan, bi-cameral working group for the purpose...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The FY23 budget thus far
Brad Keithley April 15, 2022
This week we take a look at the FY23 budget as it transitions from the House to the Senate - roughly the midpoint in...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Our chart for the special election
Brad Keithley April 8, 2022
We use charts not only to do analysis and help explain our position to others, we also use them to help organize our own...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: What the Goldilocks charts tell us
Brad Keithley April 1, 2022
Those who follow our Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn pages know that we publish various charts…
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: While those in other states became richer, how the median Alaska household became poorer
Brad Keithley March 25, 2022
A recent article from Alaska Public Media’s Kavitha George is the trigger for this week’s column.
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The Yuppie version of fiscal responsibility
Brad Keithley March 18, 2022
From time to time someone approaches us with an argument that all we need to do to achieve a sustainable budget “is build up...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Adjusting for inflation
Brad Keithley March 11, 2022
In anticipation of the upcoming Spring Revenue Forecast, last week’s column reviewed what current and 10-year revenues likely will look like…
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The Spring Revenue Forecast should restart the fiscal discussion
Brad Keithley March 4, 2022
To this point in the session, the Legislature has been basing its supplemental FY22 and FY23 budget discussions on the oil price and other...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: What the Legislature (using LegFin) isn’t telling Alaskans
Brad Keithley February 25, 2022
Earlier this week Legislative Finance (LegFin) made a presentation to the Senate Finance Committee on the Committee’s two proposed fiscal plan bills...