Click here to open a printable PDF of the policy brief in a new tab. Health-care costs in Alaska are high, and accessibility to quality care is often difficult, made only more […]
Licensing Recognition for Telehealth Providers in Alaska
Report: Funding Students Instead of Institutions in Alaska
By Corey A. DeAngelis, Ph.D. Foreword Perhaps no societal function has been more disrupted during the 2020-and-ongoing pandemic than K-12 education. A world in which schools actually closed their doors to students […]
Policy Brief: Alaska’s Businesses Need COVID-19 Liability Protection Now
Click here to open a printable PDF of the policy brief in a new tab. As Alaskans work to revive the state’s economy after the economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it […]
Policy Brief: Protect Direct Primary Care
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 […]
Policy Brief: A History of Alaska Oil Taxes and How They Work
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 […]
Report: The Failed Experiment of Ranked-Choice Voting
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 […]
Policy Brief: Certificates of Need Are a 1970s Relic
Dust off Alaska’s Statutes and Eliminate Them Click here to open a printable PDF of the policy brief in a new tab. Alaska has incredibly high health-care costs, and a recent report by […]
Alaska Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Blocks
Click here to open the PDF of the report in a new tab. Introduction These budget blocks are a simple, straightforward way to visualize how Alaska is spending its money and from […]
Report: Controlling Health Care Costs in Alaska
By Dr. Benedic Ippolito Click here to open the PDF of the report in a new tab. Foreword Health care costs have been a very public topic of discussion in America for […]
Alaska’s Budget Deficit Worsened Due to COVID-19: Tax Alaskans or Tighten Our Belts?
Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Introduction Across the country, states’ economies and budgets have been hit heavily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and unfortunately, Alaska is no exception. […]
Tax and Expenditure Limits: A 50-State Comparison
Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Click here to download the Excel file of figures and tables. State Policy Decisions Affect State Competitiveness Over the past decade, Alaska has lost […]
It’s Time for Alaska’s K–12 Advocacy Groups to Focus on Student Outcomes
Click to open the PDF in a new tab. Introduction Many K–12 education advocacy groups in Alaska receive significant amounts of public funding for their internal operations, and dedicate a large share […]
Moving Alaskans from Welfare to Work
And Protecting the Safety Net for the Truly Needy The Foundation for Government Accountability has released a memo with 12 recommendations for moving Alaskans off welfare and back into work, which will protect […]
The Problems with Plastic Bag Bans: A Policy Brief
Open a printable PDF version of the policy brief here. Introduction Several Alaskan cities have already instituted single-use plastic bag bans, and more are considering legislation to regulate the use of plastic bags.[1] […]
Mat-Su Borough Employee Salaries and Benefits for 2017
Transparency is a foremost goal of the Alaska Policy Forum. As citizens, we hold a critical interest in how our tax dollars are used and transparency only serves to better inform our future […]
A Shameful Narrative
An offensive narrative has been circulating that Alaska Native children are to blame for our state’s low reading test scores. That narrative is not only extremely divisive and offensive – it is untrue. […]