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The Friday column:Some thoughts on a replacement for SB21
Continuing our focus on oil production taxes, this week we outline an approach for replacing SB21 that would much better position Alaskans to share in…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (9.22.2025)
Alaska media completely whiffs on the real PFD story, the North Slope "renaissance" isn't producing the benefits that Alaskans were led to expect & the…
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Brad Keithley
The Friday column: No, oil tax revenues don’t “turn around"
Some claim that, while depressed during the current decade, oil production taxes will return to previous levels in the decades beyond. DOR data suggests…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (9.15.2025)
Sen. Giessel would make #AKfiscal worse, DOR data confirms SB21 is broken beyond just the next 10 years & we explain what information we and other…
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Brad Keithley
The Friday column: Here’s what’s going on with oil production taxes
Building on two recent DOR studies, we continue to explore why revenues from oil production taxes are dropping like a rock, even as production volumes…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (9.8.2025)
Sen. Myers dissects the PFC's one account proposal, DOR's analysis of Pikka shows how badly SB21 is broken & Must Read Alaska con'ts to miss the big…
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Brad Keithley
The Friday column: What does comparing the PFC’s “Active Management” approach v. the passive index benchmarks tell us
The PFC spends A LOT on its "active management" investment approach. Comparing the results to two passive benchmarks, including the PFC's own, makes…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (9.1.2025)
How the Permanent Fund Corp's "active management" program is failing Alaskans, Sen. Cronk understands the horse goes before the cart & two #AKgov…
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Brad Keithley

August 2025

The Friday column: An interim 2025 state revenue and budget update
This week, we update the state revenue and budget outlook to reflect developments since the Spring Revenue Forecast. With some fog surrounding projected…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (8.25.2025)
How the #akleg is contributing to the strain of Alaska's coastal economy, the "rest of the story" behind claims made by Crum & Begich, we remember…
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Brad Keithley
The Friday column: Why Alaska should increase the required K-12 local contribution
The share of Alaska K-12 funding provided from local sources is far below the national average; we discuss the issues those low levels create
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (8.18.2025)
EIA's oil price update suggests Alaska's budget situation is about to get worse, how Social Security's problems impact Alaska & the FNSB's idea would…
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Brad Keithley
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