Chart of the Week

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How will the House Majority Coalition balance the budget?

Brad Keithley   November 8, 2024

We had planned to write about something else this week, but the quick announcement of the formation of a new “House Majority Coalition” to...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Here’s what we don’t understand

Brad Keithley   November 1, 2024

Two excerpts from recent news stories from Alaska Public Media caught our attention this past week and helped crystalize one of our biggest issues…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Giving up on the PFD is giving up on the Alaska economy and Alaska families

Brad Keithley   October 26, 2024

In the adjacent “Facebook chat room” during the taping Tuesday of a segment on Alaska revenue...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: All the charts

Brad Keithley   October 20, 2024

While some may know us primarily or even only through these weekly columns, they represent only a small part of the work we do…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: It’s all about the base

Brad Keithley   October 11, 2024

For some, the 2014 pop song “All About That Bass” is a long-forgotten “one-hit wonder.” For others, it’s an

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A relook at sales taxes

Brad Keithley   October 4, 2024

Over the years, we have been less than supportive of using a statewide sales tax to help address Alaska’s fiscal deficits. While certainly not…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Legislature to Alaska families – The less you make, the more we take

Brad Keithley   September 27, 2024

One of the things that disappoints most about the Alaska media is its ongoing failure to report on - or even reference - the...

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Growth rates

Brad Keithley   September 20, 2024

Occasionally, we check in on the contribution of various sectors to the overall Alaskan economy, where Alaskans are spending their money (and how much),…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What the latest state-level IRS data tells us

Brad Keithley   September 13, 2024

About a year ago, we took a look on these pages at what the then-most recent state-level data from the Internal…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Some observations on campaign positions

Brad Keithley   September 6, 2024

As we have read their position statements in the Alaska Beacon and on their websites and followed their social media posts, we have developed...
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