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 policy […]
Economic Implications of an Alaska Income Tax or Its Alternatives
How Direct Primary Care Could Help Curtail Alaska’s High Health Care Spending
By Aubrey Wursten Alaska consistently suffers from the highest health care spending per capita of any state. Multiple factors contribute to this problem, but easing Alaska’s restrictions on direct primary care (DPC), or […]
How Alaska’s Defined Contribution Plan and Supplemental Annuity Plan Compare to the Gold Standard
By Richard Hiller and Rod Crane at Reason Foundation, in conjunction with Alaska Policy Forum This is a review of Alaska’s defined contribution retirement plan (DCR), also referred to as Tier 4, and […]
Cleaning Up Alaska’s Voter Rolls
Click here to open a printable PDF of the policy brief in a new tab. By Aubrey Wursten The people of Alaska deserve election integrity, and ensuring the accuracy of voter rolls plays […]
How to Combat Alaska’s Soaring Health Care Spending
By Aubrey Wursten In a conclusion that has become predictable, a recent study by peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs found that when compared to all states, Alaska once again had the highest health spending […]
Is Alaska a Good Place to Start a New Business?
By Aubrey Wursten Because startup companies play a major role in driving the economy, discouragement of new business creation has a ripple effect on the rest of Alaska’s market. Startups create most net […]
Alaska Parental Involvement in Education, Ranked
By Aubrey Wursten Statistics consistently illustrate the benefits of increased parental involvement in their children’s education, and Alaska Policy Forum supports measures to improve this engagement. The Center for Education Reform (CER) has […]
Podcast: APF CEO with Must Read Alaska
APF CEO Bethany Marcum was recently featured on the Must Read Alaska podcast to talk about our organization, and more specifically, about the exciting launch of the Alaska Leadership Academy. You can watch […]