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When Governor Dunleavy announced he would be submitting a supplemental budget with a $20 million reduction to education funding for fiscal year 2018, there was a fair amount of angst expressed by the […]
Key supporters of the Alaska Policy Forum had the pleasure of spending a private evening with renown writer Kimberley Strassel recently. Avid political watchers will know Strassel from the Wall Street Journal’s “Potomac […]
The Problem Statistics for literacy among Alaska’s children are dismal. Alaska’s K-12 education system has arguably the worst student outcomes in the nation in the fundamental task of teaching children to read by […]
The following op-ed by Bob Griffin, a Board Member of the Alaska Policy Forum, was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on December 6, 2018. The idea of slow-moving government employees working […]
Care for the needy and assistance to those down on their luck are hallmarks of Americans across the country. Our concern for the vulnerable among us is evident in statistics which regularly place […]
The following op-ed by our Executive Director, Bethany Marcum, was published in the Juneau Empire on December 7, 2018. Environmentalists need not worry. In just a few months, energy companies may begin exploring […]
by Bob Maier, a resident of Anchorage who is both an ML&P and AWWU Ratepayer Proposition 10, which was passed by Anchorage voters this spring, began the process of selling Municipal Light and Power […]
In light of the recent brouhaha regarding State of Alaska Executive Branch exempt employees, we are making available the following list with names and the associated costs to the state of compensating all […]
Parents and community members can now easily compare Alaska’s public schools via user-friendly maps that display student performance results. School districts across the state released the results of Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools, or […]
Earlier this year, we commissioned and published a report by Key Policy Data (KPD) providing an analysis of how much Alaska pays for its public employees, comparing their compensation to their private sector […]
If you are a frequent reader of the work of the Alaska Policy Forum, you will know that we highly value government and campaign transparency. To that end, we are pleased to introduce a […]
The State of Alaska has 142 active boards and commissions that regulate professions such as doctors, trades such as hairdressers, and industries such as fishing. While most of the Alaska Policy Forum’s attention […]
Background On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a decision which held that public employees do not have to pay union dues/fees as a condition of employment. This is commonly referred […]
Do you have an extra $45,689 for you and every member of your family (including kids)? That’s your share of the shortfall in Alaska’s unfunded public pensions. Alaskan Win Gruening writes in MustRead […]
IMPORTANT UPDATE to our Legislator Report Card as of August 17, 2018: The Alaska Policy Forum has learned that a technical issue has resulted in changes to our Legislator Report Card. An eagle-eyed […]
The Alaska Policy Forum is pleased to announce the hire of Larry Barsukoff as Director of Operations. Larry grew up farming in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. He attended Willamette University in Salem studying political […]