By Vance Ginn and Quinn Townsend Introduction While revenue estimates for the state of Alaska hit a record high last fiscal year, this upcoming fiscal year 2024 (July 2023 – June 2024) is […]
Responsible Alaska Budget: Fiscal Year 2024
Alaska’s Education Freedom Report Card: Spending
The Heritage Foundation recently released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card for the U.S. Alaska ranked 47th in the nation for high spending, given the state’s extremely high per-pupil spending, disappointing student outcomes, […]
Revisiting a Report: Alternative Approaches to the Alaska Marine Highway System
The state-owned Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) provides ferry transportation to 35 Alaskan coastal communities, contributing to the economic and social well-being of those communities. Unfortunately, it is a huge drain on the […]
Alaska’s Education Freedom Report Card: Regulatory Freedom
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 […]
Webinar: Economic Implications of New Income and Sales Taxes in Alaska
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 […]
Radio Interview: Economic Implications of a New Tax in Alaska
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 […]
Our Take on the Governor’s Budget: FY 2024
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 […]
Alaska’s Rising K-12 Education Spending
The Reason Foundation recently published the 2022 K–12 education spending spotlight examining school finance trends from 2002 to 2020. The Alaska data points, calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau, show troubling increases in […]