A better way to think about the dividend
Overdrawing the Permanent Fund to pay a big fat dividend, rather than an affordable-but-still-sizable check, places the individual benefit ahead of the common good.
Railroad expansion hopefuls have oversize dreams
It’s that something-for-nothing affliction again. It’s not a disease unique to Alaska, but one we have perfected.
Let’s be honest about what the PFD costs
While considering the governor’s stand that an advisory vote is the best path forward, let’s look back at a similar path that led nowhere.
Lawmakers should adapt the laws to reality, not the other way around
Despite what the new governor promised voters last fall, communities do not live by dividends alone.
Letter: Inflated tax rhetoric
Sadly, I fear the ballot proposition to impose a 5 percent sales tax on alcoholic beverages in Anchorage is getting mixed, shaken and stirred in the cocktail of anti-tax politics.
Let’s fix the budget with a long-term solution, not a stopgap repair
The dividend as now calculated has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with financial reality in the state. We should change its formula.
Big dividend checks at the expense of Alaska’s future are irresponsible
We eat at the restaurant of public services, enjoy our pick from the menu, then walk out without paying, assuming our parents will cover the tab.
Gas line corporation criticizes Mat-Su Borough for ‘factual and legal errors’
The borough is contesting the state-led project’s evaluation of Port MacKenzie as an alternative to Nikiski for an LNG terminal.
It’s delusional to think we can avoid taxes as we move toward a post-oil economy
If we really want to build a better state, what about contributing something from our own pockets and from non-resident workers and visitors?
Want to prevent government shutdowns? Maybe there’s a 150-year-old solution.
The law goes back to 1870, when Congress was grumpy over presidential spending for the Civil War.
Mat-Su Borough steps up its fight to get gas line LNG plant
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has added 145 pages to its ongoing argument that Port MacKenzie would be a better location than Nikiski for the Alaska LNG project’s natural gas liquefaction plant and marine terminal.
Analysis: Alaska treasury benefits from premium price on its oil
The past few months, Alaska oil has been running as much as $10 per barrel greater than the U.S. benchmark price, in a reversal of decades past when Alaska crude sold below the benchmark.