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The Friday Alaska Landmine column: A not-too-far-fetched “thought experiment”
We undertook a "thought experiment" to calculate what the value of the Permanent Fund would be today if it had been invested in an S&P proxy over the…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (3.3.2025)
Why oil tax reform is needed, the fiscal irresponsibility of those pushing K-12 & defined benefits, and how both the left and right are squeezing the…
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Brad Keithley
The Friday Alaska Landmine column: Alaska has a revenue design problem
Never-ending arguments about whether Alaska has a spending or revenue problem miss the point. The real problem is that Alaska uses a revenue design that…
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Brad Keithley

February 2025

The Weekly Top 3 (2.24.2025)
Senate Finance proposes the single largest permanent individual tax increase in Alaska's history, the source of the state's fiscal imbalance, and you…
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Brad Keithley
The Friday Alaska Landmine column: How the Legislature should respond to the Hilcorp LNG proposal
Hilcorp's dominant position in the Cook Inlet gas market leads to significant antitrust concerns about its proposed acquisition of Kenai LNG. We explain…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (2.17.2025)
The Senate Majority and Sen. Yundt start a much needed discussion about revenues, the Peter Pan debacle is only the tip of the Permanent Fund iceberg …
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Brad Keithley
The Friday Alaska Landmine column: Revenues
Now that at least part of the Legislature appears ready to address revenues, we discuss how to approach revenue design and quantify the alternatives…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (2.10.2025)
Recent developments on the Cook Inlet import projects, our thoughts on Trump's comments on Japan & #AKLNG, and the additional paragraph that all appeals…
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Brad Keithley
The Friday Alaska Landmine column: A couple of updates
Recent data updates - one on spending and deficit levels and the second on Permanent Fund returns - only deepen our concerns related to Alaska's fiscal…
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Brad Keithley
The Weekly Top 3 (2.3.2025)
Why HB69 really has a $1bn price tag; with the #akleg backing out of the Cook Inlet, it's up to the RCA to protect Alaskans & what the 2026 #AKgov…
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Brad Keithley

January 2025

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