Chart of the Week

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...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Gov. Dunleavy is pushing for “new revenue,” just not from the Top 20%

Brad Keithley   February 18, 2022

During a radio interview this time a year ago, Governor Mike Dunleavy (R-Alaska) said,  “I am not going to support new revenues. I’m not...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: PFD cuts are a MIDDLE class issue

Brad Keithley   February 11, 2022

One pushback we often hear when discussing cuts to the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) - and that we heard again after last week’s column...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: PFD “stealth” taxes are taking far more from Alaska families than the alternatives

Brad Keithley   February 4, 2022

One argument some routinely make to rationalize using PFD cuts to fund government instead of...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Why paying a tax while continuing to distribute a PFD makes the most sense

Brad Keithley   January 28, 2022

ome argue that paying taxes while continuing to distribute a PFD “doesn’t make sense.” A recent...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: This year’s budget gimmicks

Brad Keithley   January 21, 2022

In his first budget back in 2019 Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) proposed what he called an “honest budget.” As…

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Where is oil production headed

Brad Keithley   January 14, 2022

A couple of months ago our column discussed the significance of oil production levels. At the time, we focused mostly on the material jump...

Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Paying for budget reality

Brad Keithley   January 7, 2022

In our column two weeks ago we took a first look at the Governor’s proposed FY23 10-year Plan (FY23 10-Year Plan),…
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