The Weekly Top 3 (1.20.2025)

What LegFin's "Overview" tells us about the fiscal situation facing the #akleg this session; what the heck is Enstar doing now & the selective political mutism of some when it comes to #WorkingAKfams

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of January 20, 2025.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. I join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show, from 6:10–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss what Legislative Finance’s “Overview of the Governor’s Budget” says about the financial situation the Legislature is facing this coming year (2:14), 2) we ask what the heck Enstar is up to now in its ongoing efforts around Southcentral gas supplies (18:08), and 3) we discuss the selective political mutism of some when it comes time to address the adverse impact of PFD cuts on the economics of working-class Alaska families and even on Alaska entrepreneurship (38:44).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those who prefer the audio version, it is available on our Spotify and Soundcloud pages. And for those interested, a rough draft of the transcript of each show from July 23, 2024 forward is available through our Buzzsprout page.

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