Our vision is an Alaska that continuously grows prosperity by maximizing individual opportunities and freedom
The following op-ed by Bethany Marcum, Executive Director of APF, was published in the Washington Examiner. A federal district court judge recently blocked the Trump administration from approving oil leases off the coast […]
The following op-ed by Ann Brown, Vice President of the Alaska Policy Forum, was published in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and the Peninsula Clarion. While it is not unusual for political adversaries to […]
Transparency is a foremost goal of the Alaska Policy Forum. As citizens, we hold a critical interest in how our tax dollars are used and transparency only serves to better inform our future […]
A recent review of the proposed Anchorage Climate Action Plan by The Heartland Institute, one of the world’s leading free-market think tanks, found the plan would be a costly mistake. The report found […]
An offensive narrative has been circulating that Alaska Native children are to blame for our state’s low reading test scores. That narrative is not only extremely divisive and offensive – it is untrue. […]
Alaska Policy Forum is proud to have partnered with economic experts at The Buckeye Institute and its Economic Research Center to release our latest policy paper: a study of Alaska’s budget, economy and […]
Senate Joint Resolution 3, “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the membership of the judicial council”. Link to the full bill: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/31/Bills/SJR003A.PDF Our testimony on Senate […]
Senate Bill 80 is “An Act relating to proposing and enacting laws by initiative.” Here is a link to the bill: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/31/Bills/SB0080A.PDF Our testimony on Senate Bill 80 Our state is indeed fortunate […]
House Bill 92, “An Act exempting direct health care agreements from regulation as insurance; establishing a direct care payment program for medical assistance recipients; and providing for an effective date.” Link to the […]
The following op-ed was written by Alaska Policy Forum Board Member Jodi Taylor and has been published in multiple newspapers across the state including the Anchorage Daily News, The Juneau Empire, and the […]
Alaska has the highest health care costs (per capita) in the nation. There are many reasons for this, and one that has been receiving great attention in recent years is what is commonly […]
The following op-ed by our Executive Director, Bethany Marcum, was published in the Anchorage Daily News, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Delta Discovery, the Peninsula Clarion, and the Ketchikan Daily News in February 2019. […]
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 […]
