The Weekly Top 3 (6.3.2024)

Why the state's fiscal outlook is far worse than some think, our initial reaction to the upcoming election cycle & why, like the APUC in the 1990s, the Permanent Fund Bd must be sunset and replaced

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 June 3, 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 the fiscal future the state is facing is far different from what some think it is (2:10); 2) we discuss our initial reaction to how the upcoming legislative races are shaping up (18:53); and 3) we explain why, like the Alaska Public Utilities Commission was in the late 1990s, we believe the current Permanent Fund Board must be sunset and replaced with a restructured approach (39:29).

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.