Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Orwellian approach to Alaska fiscal policy
February 9, 2024
A few months ago, Representative Alyse Galvin (I - Anchorage) authored an op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News in which all of her colleagues...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Is the fact that legislators live in a much different economic world than 80% of Alaska families leading to deep PFD cuts?
Brad Keithley February 2, 2024
As we have been following the beginning of this...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What’s (really) going on with working-age Alaska families
Brad Keithley January 26, 2024
Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a growing focus on the falling size of Alaska’s working-age population. It began with a...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska’s fiscal system is #1 … in terms of regressivity
Brad Keithley January 19, 2024
Periodically, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) publishes an update to its “Who Pays?” reports. The most recent - the 7th edition...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why has the Department of Revenue stopped helping Alaskans understand their fiscal options?
Brad Keithley January 12, 2024
As we explained in our column two weeks ago and as...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Wait, what? Oil production volumes are projected to grow by a lot, but overall, state revenues from them are dropping
Brad Keithley January 5, 2024
As we noted in our column two weeks ago...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our first look at Gov. Dunleavy’s FY25 Budget & 10-year Plan: Part 2
Brad Keithley December 29, 2023
This week, we publish Part 2 of our initial look at Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) recently proposed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our first look at Gov. Dunleavy’s FY25 Budget & 10-year Plan: Part 1
Brad Keithley December 22, 2023
This week, we publish Part 1 of our initial look at Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) recently proposed FY 25 Budget and 10-year...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Fiscal baselines
Brad Keithley December 15, 2023
Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) released his proposed FY2025 budget and 10-year plan as we completed this week’s column yesterday. We are digging…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Preparing for next week’s “Budget Day”
Brad Keithley December 8, 2023
In addition to the upcoming holidays, as the calendar hits December, we start thinking also about the upcoming “Budget Day,” the day by which…