Newsletter
The Game of Leverage and Concocted Constitutional Crises
The dividend is still $1,100 but the levers of leverage are still leveraging.
Redistricting gets underway and Alaska's investment income takes center stage
Alaska's in the business of making money with money.
Legislature's bipartisan baby steps run into instant gratification problem
Should the PFD be in the “affordable” range or, having the very rough outlines of a sustainable budget laid out in a non-binding working group’s report, should the state treat itself to a big PFD?
Garas and Walkers and Bear Doctors, oh my!
Let's take a look at where the race stands. Oh, and session finally feels like session.
The Senate Finance Committee's had it with Dunleavy
After three years of ignoring norms and bullying the Legislature, they've had it with Dunleavy and could cut him out in his last term.
Legislators publish balanced path to larger PFDs. Dunleavy sticks to demands.
Walker’s back in the race, the legislative working group’s balanced path to bigger PFDs, Gov. Dunleavy’s demands, the agenda and the reading list.
PFD in peril. The special session is a big bet by Dunleavy
The biggest enemy of the PFD has been the status quo, which Dunleavy almost ensures will continue with his hardline refusal to consider new revenues.
He's running... and demanding that taxes be put to a vote of the people
Gov. Dunleavy's back in 2018 campaign form, which means any hope that the Legislature might implement new revenue has been snuffed out.
Dunleavy lets PCE ruling stand, avoiding risk of expanded precedent
82,000 Alaskans who rely on the Power Cost Equalization program can finally, truly breath a sigh of relief now that the governor announced he won’t challenge a ruling that restored its funding.
Judge rules PCE cannot be emptied as Dunleavy administration had claimed
Another swing and a miss for the Dunleavy administration.
