Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: ENSTAR’s confusing claims
April 5, 2024
At a time when the Legislature and the public urgently need clarity and transparency around Cook Inlet gas issues, we are having a difficult...
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Anybody but us
Brad Keithley March 29, 2024
One of the things that has struck us most during the years we have followed Alaska’s fiscal debates – including this week’s debate over…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Alaska is leaving future generations with even less than a bare cupboard; that needs to change
Brad Keithley March 22, 2024
As we read through it, a recent thought piece in The Economist struck us hard. The piece, entitled “Oil’s...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Our first reaction to the Spring (or any) Revenue Forecast
Brad Keithley March 15, 2024
On Wednesday, the Department of Revenue (DOR) published its Spring 2024 Revenue Forecast (Spring RF), which is considered a milestone by some in the...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Where this Legislature is leading Alaska
Brad Keithley March 8, 2024
Following the release late last year of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R - Alaska) proposed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget, we published two columns looking...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The most disappointing thing about Alaska fiscal policy and how to stop it
Brad Keithley March 1, 2024
Without question, the single most disappointing thing to us about Alaska fiscal policy over the past decade...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Saying the quiet part out loud
Brad Keithley February 23, 2024
We were going to write about something else this week, but well-known politico Scott Kendall said something during a Twitter exchange Wednesday that needs...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Is Alaska on its way to mimicking Venezuela?
Brad Keithley February 16, 2024
While following the Joint Senate and House Resources Committees meeting on Cook Inlet gas last week, we suddenly realized some of those testifying were...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Orwellian approach to Alaska fiscal policy
Brad Keithley 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...
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...