Big PFDs aren’t a silver bullet for Alaska’s economic problems
Getting big checks is a big boost to morale, and we need that. But the downsides are easy to see.
Despite funding cuts, the University of Alaska is reinventing itself
What’s critical now is stability, and this is why the governor’s commitment to honor the three-year budget deal is important.
Ballot Measure 1 lost, but it won’t be the last chapter in Alaska’s oil tax tug-of-war
To hold public trust, tax systems must be transparent and simple. Ours is not.
The pandemic has been devastating. But state and municipal aid has kept it from being much worse.
A lot of these procedures had to be developed on the fly because this came together quickly, since COVID-19 hit in March. We’re fortunate to have made it all work.
Who are the real Permanent Fund defenders?
Our grandchildren, two or three decades out, will look back at 2020 as the year the dissipation of the Alaska Permanent Fund began.
The state bungled its rollout of CARES business aid. What’s next?
No other state has a limitation like this, as far as we can determine. This is a wound we inflicted on ourselves.
How should the University of Alaska move forward?
In a world of tighter budgets, institutions need to accept change as inevitable.
Alaska is upside down. But we can make it through.
What we really have here is a pause. Therein lies opportunity.
Pandemic-fueled shortages underscore need for Alaska food security
In Alaska, we’re at the end of a long, thin supply line. It’s time to provide better for ourselves.
Alaska will weather the coronavirus storm
We’ll get through this. We always do.
Alaska has the framework in place for a diverse economy
A few boondoggles did happen, but for the most part we’ve been responsible.