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ASEA union bosses continue to block workers from exercising First Amendment right to cut off union dues payments spent on union politics and lobbying This article is republished with permission from the National […]
Protect My Ballot has released new polling data on the public perception of ranked-choice voting. The polling, conducted in August 2020, is part of Protect My Ballot’s ongoing educational campaign surrounding ranked-choice voting […]
On October 22, 2020, APF joined with the American Energy Alliance and 40 other organizations to send the following letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to end the Production Tax Credit. Click […]
To Increase Access to and Quality of Health Care while Reducing Costs Click here to open a printable PDF in a new tab. It’s well known that Alaska has very high health-care costs that […]
By Casey Dschaak Click here to open a print-ready PDF in a new tab. Introduction All states in the union have a resource or industry they are particularly exceptional at producing and providing. Some […]
This op-ed was co-authored with Jamie Lagarde, the president of Sedera. It originally appeared in the Alaska Journal of Commerce on October 14, 2020. In a country that prides itself on checks and […]
By Debi Ghate This post was originally published by The Philanthropy Roundtable on October 8, 2020. Our readers know that The Philanthropy Roundtable has been watching legislative and legal actions in California carefully […]
America’s Electoral College is under attack. Please join Alaska Policy Forum and Save Our States for a webinar as we discuss the threat of a National Popular Vote and how it would silence Alaskans. This 45-minute virtual […]
By Johan Soto It can be hard to grasp just how far-reaching government has become in our daily lives. But with over 52,000 regulations just at the state level, the government has a […]
By Win Gruening This op-ed originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and Arctic Sounder in late August 2020. Alaska is beginning to reopen its economy amid COVID-19, and the economic […]
Last year, the Legatum Institute released its first United States Prosperity Index, which reports that overall prosperity in the U.S. has improved over the past decade (2009–2019) across all regions. The bad news? […]
By Johan Soto A voting trend to uproot the electoral process is sweeping the country and has made it all the way to Alaska: ranked-choice voting (RCV). While the current electoral process of […]
Click here to open a PDF of the press release in a new tab. For Immediate Release: October 8, 2020 Contact: Melodie Wilterdink at (410) 725-9079 or Melodie@AlaskaPolicyForum.org NEW STUDY EXPOSES […]
A Case Study of Maine and Analysis of 96 Other Jurisdictions Click here to open a PDF of the report in a new tab. The PDF includes the Appendix. Introduction A movement […]
The first presidential debate was held on September 29, and though sound policy was not the focus of the night, Biden made clear his position on renewable energy in the United States. In […]
There is no doubt that absentee ballots have their place in helping the sick, physically disabled, and those who, for any legitimate reason, are not able to vote on Election Day. However, given […]