The Weekly Top 3 (1.22.2024)

𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 segments of Alaska's working-age population are leaving, what's missing from DNR's presentation on oil production & our concerns about the new K-12 bill and the proposed PFD fix

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 22, 2024.

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 use IRS data to look at which segments of Alaska’s working-age population are leaving the state (2:02); 2) we discuss what’s missing from DNR’s presentation last week on oil production volumes (19:33); and 3) we quickly address concerns we have about where the K-12 funding bill stands now and the currently proposed PFD “fix” (37:17).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those who prefer the audio version, it is available on our Spotify and Soundcloud pages. Go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here for this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show.