Please see below the press release for APF’s policy brief, “Tax and Expenditure Limits: A 50-State Comparison.” Read the brief here. Click here to open the PDF in a new tab.
Tax and Expenditure Limits: A 50-State Comparison

Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Click here to download the Excel file of figures and tables. State Policy Decisions Affect State Competitiveness Over the past decade, Alaska has lostRead More
Financial Transparency Requirements for Union Intermediate Bodies

The following comments were submitted to Regulations.gov on February 18, 2020. The Department of Labor should subject union intermediate bodies which are composed of only public employees to the same financial transparency requirementsRead More
Testimony on SB 155 – Exploration & Mining Rights

On February 14, 2020, APF Energy and Environmental Policy Fellow Larry Barsukoff submitted the following testimony on SB 155, “An Act relating to exploration and mining rights; relating to annual labor requirements withRead More
Alaska’s Resource Development History Is One of Environmental Protection

By Larry Barsukoff This op-ed was originally published by the Anchorage Daily News on February 14, 2020. Remember the Exxon Valdez? Of course. Now name another major industrial accident in Alaska. Some of youRead More
Trump Administration Proposes Opening Alaska National Petroleum Reserve to Oil and Gas Production

By Kenneth Artz This article was originally published by the Heartland Institute on February 7, 2020. The Trump administration proposes opening most of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) to oilRead More