By Quinn Townsend and Sarah Montalbano The ideal election ballot makes choices clear and preferences easy to express. In Alaska, unfortunately, the state’s new ranked-choice voting (RCV) system can be a complicated disincentive.Read More
Coalition Letter: Don’t Overregulate the Credit Card Market
Alaska Policy Forum joined over 30 others on a coalition letter to Congress, objecting to recent action that would expand the role of the federal government in regulating the credit card market, andRead More
Alaska Standardized Test Promises Continuity, Less Time Testing
The Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) exam was given to Alaska K–12 students for the first time in the spring of 2022. Previously, there were two different spring assessments administered, MAPSRead More
Webinar: How Schools Fail to Be Accountable
Watch Alaska Policy Forum’s recent webinar about the many ways schools fail to be accountable financially, democratically, and academically. Featuring Dr. Michael Q. McShane, director of national research at EdChoice, the webinar explainsRead More
Economic Implications of an Alaska Income Tax or Its Alternatives
Authored by Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation in association with Alaska Policy Forum. A copy of the PDF version can be found here. Click here for a PDF copy of the policyRead More
Op-ed: What Pet Projects is Alaska Paying For?
This op-ed was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News. While the bulk of state expenditures occur via the operating budget, the capital budget is a separate lever policymakers often use to cut or increaseRead More