Alaska Policy Forum Board Member Win Gruening of Juneau wrote the following article for Must Read Alaska. It’s quite refreshing to read how Juneau’s non-profit, The Glory Hall, responded to recent state budgetRead More
Alaska Should Learn from Kansas
By Dave Trabert As Alaska legislators ponder resolutions to the state’s budget challenges, there’s a lot to be learned from Kansas’ efforts to balance budgets under Governor Sam Brownback. Here’s the big lesson:Read More
Spending Within Our Means
By Ann Brown The following op-ed was published in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and the Peninsula Clarion. While it is not unusual for political adversaries to call each other Chicken Little, Gov. MikeRead More
Our Children Must Read by 9
The following op-ed was published in multiple newspapers across the state including the Anchorage Daily News, The Juneau Empire, and the Alaska Journal of Commerce. Right now, Alaska’s public-school children are ranked deadRead More
Perspective: Impact of FY2018 Supplemental Budget Education Funding Reduction
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 theRead More