The following is an excerpt from “Navigating Alaska’s Fiscal Crisis” – A Tax Foundation Report. Revenue Option 1: Implementing a State Sales Tax Alaska statehood came too late to catch the primary waveRead More
Alaska Fiscal Crisis: Sales Tax
Alaska Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Blocks
By Quinn Townsend Introduction Alaska Policy Forum’s annual Budget Blocks are a simple, straightforward way to visualize how Alaska is spending its money and from which funds that money is coming. The sizeRead More
Testimony: SB91 Labor Union Membership
Mr. Mark Janus, from the Liberty Justice Center, testified before the House Labor & Commerce Committee
Alaska Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS): HB22 / SB35 Threaten Alaska’s Budgets
In partnership with Alaska Policy Forum, the Pension Integrity Project at Reason Foundation analyzed two bills proposing public retirement plan changes in the Alaska Legislature. Examining An Alaska Pension Reform Counterfactual
Alaska Has a Responsible Budget
The annual state budget has finally been delivered, reviewed, and signed as of mid-June 2023. For the first time since Alaska Policy Forum (APF) began releasing the annual Responsible Alaska Budget (RAB), theRead More
Testimony: The Benefits of Government Appropriation Limits
Alaska Policy Forum’s Policy Fellow, Dr. Vance Ginn, Ph.D., was invited to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the benefits of government appropriation limits. Presentation Documents: Tax and Expenditure Limits (TELs) inRead More