Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Some thoughts on a replacement for SB21
September 26, 2025
Over the past few months, we have written several columns about the significant drop in production tax revenues projected for the coming decade, despite...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: No, oil tax revenues don’t “turn around”
Brad Keithley September 19, 2025
In last week’s column, we spent time looking at the recent analyses by the Department of Revenue (DOR) of the projected…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Here’s what’s going on with oil production taxes
Brad Keithley September 12, 2025
Following the Legislature's passage in 2013 of substantial revisions to Alaska’s oil production tax code (commonly referred to by its session bill number, “SB21”),...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What does comparing the PFC’s “Active Management” approach v. the passive index benchmarks tell us
Brad Keithley September 5, 2025
On its website, the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) lists three “Strategic Performance Benchmarks...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: An interim 2025 state revenue and budget update
Brad Keithley August 29, 2025
Over the past three years, we have used columns during the summer and fall to fill gaps in the Department of Revenue’s (DOR) regular…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why Alaska should increase the required K-12 local contribution
Brad Keithley August 24, 2025
In a recent opinion piece in the Peninsula Clarion, Representative Bill Elam (R - Nikiski) raises an issue that deserves substantial attention in the...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What every state candidate (and campaign manager) should prepare for
Brad Keithley August 16, 2025
Monthly, three major organizations publish detailed updates of their views of the global oil markets, which we review carefully. The updates from two of...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Corporation’s FY25 results
Brad Keithley August 8, 2025
Over the past couple of weeks, the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) has published most of the reports that reflect, on a preliminary basis, its…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Focusing on the forest
Brad Keithley August 3, 2025
One of the biggest challenges in discussing Alaska’s fiscal situation is to persuade listeners to focus on the full fiscal forest. When discussing fiscal...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Legislature badly needs to fix production taxes before we continue to “drill, baby, drill”
Brad Keithley July 25, 2025
In the wake of President Trump’s emphasis on opening additional federal lands in Alaska for oil...