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Alaska Policy Forum has joined a coalition of state policy think tanks to object to the Federal Railroad Administration’s proposed Train Crew Size Safety Requirements Rule that would mandate a two-person crew size […]
The Heritage Foundation recently released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card for the U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Alaska ranked 45th in the nation overall and 31st in regulatory freedom, its second-highest ranked […]
Will Alaska pass an income tax in 2023? On Thursday, January 5th, at 12:00 PM, Alaska Policy Forum will host a Zoom webinar with Jared Walczak, Vice President of State Projects at the […]
Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation, in partnership with Alaska Policy Forum, authored a study on the Economic Implications of New Income and Sales Taxes in Alaska. Jared was recently interviewed on the […]
Every December, the governor of Alaska is required to release a budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. In this upcoming legislative session (in 2023), policymakers will be enacting the FY 2024 state […]
For months, news headlines around the world have heralded increasingly high energy prices due to a variety of international issues. Unfortunately for many Alaskans, these high prices are nothing new. According to a […]
The state of Alaska published the Alaska K–12 Education COVID-19 Federal Relief Funding Dashboard to make transparent how much federal COVID-19 relief funding school districts received and how the funds are being spent. […]
A recent proposal by the federal government could lead to increased fraud in the Medicaid program. Alaska Policy Forum submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services about this harmful proposal. […]