The Weekly Top 3 (3.11.2024)

Even the House R's have given up on spending cuts; how we are sliding backward into Rep. Zack Fields' vision of the future; and what the Spring Rev F'cast is likely to tell us and means for the budget

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 March 11, 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 explain why it is time to have a serious discussion about revenue approaches (because even the R’s have given up on spending cuts) (2:02); 2) we discuss how we are sliding backward into Rep. Zack Fields’ vision of the future (19:11); and 3) we discuss what DOR’s Spring Revenue Forecast is likely to tell us and what that means for the budget going forward (36:18).

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.