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Webinar: Revising Alaska’s Constitutional Spending Cap

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Top-Paying Majors at University of Alaska, Ranked 

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Letter of Appeal: Save the Willow Oil Development Project

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Coalition Letter: Oppose the $15 Minimum Wage to Save Our Businesses

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Alaska’s Highway Conditions, Ranked

Given the necessity of roads in helping Alaskans travel, investing taxpayer dollars in roads seems to be one of the few legitimate functions of government. But according to the Reason Foundation, Alaskans aren’t […]

January 14, 2021 Blog, Front Page Slider, Other Issues

Read by Nine or Fall Behind: Alaska’s Students Are Set up to Fail

Early in 2020, legislation was announced again to address the third-grade literacy crisis facing Alaskan children. Year after year, the problem has been discussed and legislation with viable solutions proposed—only to go nowhere. Finally, in […]

January 11, 2021January 7, 2021 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Bring Police-Seized Assets into the Light

By Daryl James This op-ed was originally published by the Juneau Empire on December 16, 2020. Police call the press and circulate photos when they find big stashes of contraband. Officers in Juneau and Nome welcomed the […]

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Blog, Front Page Slider, Transparency

Slippery Slope of Government Schools as Family Substitute

This article originally appeared in Must Read Alaska on December 23, 2020. At a recent Kenai School Board meeting, and as reported in Must Read Alaska, an impassioned argument was made to get young […]

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Codify Guidance on the State Relief Waivers for the ACA

Alaska Policy Forum has joined with the Galen Institute and 20 other organizations to send the following comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to support the codification of the […]

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Blog, Front Page Slider, Health Care

Alaska’s Economic Freedom, Ranked: 2020

The Fraser Institute has released the updated edition of Economic Freedom of North America 2020, which examines the extent to which every state and province – in Canada, Mexico, and the United States […]

December 29, 2020 Blog, Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care

On March 21, 2019, then-APF Director of Operations Larry Barsukoff hosted the Dave Stieren Radio Show and interviewed the authors of Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care. David Hyman and […]

December 23, 2020December 22, 2020 Blog, Front Page Slider, Health Care

Increase Public Sector Union Financial Transparency

The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule that would require public sector unions to provide more details on the financial information they already report publicly, predominantly through the LM-2 forms. APF submitted […]

December 22, 2020 Blog, Front Page Slider, Other Issues

Permanently Enact Telehealth Reforms

On December 4, 2020, Alaska Policy Forum joined with Americans for Prosperity and dozens of other organizations in signing the following letter in support of permanently enacting and enhancing the telehealth reforms that […]

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Blog, Front Page Slider, Health Care

We Can’t Afford to Wait Any Longer to Open Our Schools

By Win Gruening This article was originally published in Must Read Alaska on November 26, 2020. Is anyone paying attention? Scientific evidence continues to mount that K-through-12 schools can operate with face-to-face learning […]

December 16, 2020 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Don’t Burden Hard-Hit Alaskans with New Taxes

This op-ed originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News on November 22, 2020. While there have been many disagreements in households and offices across Alaska this year, there is one issue on which […]

December 14, 2020 Blog, Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

How Much Does $100 Buy in Alaska?

Part of the Alaska, Ranked Series It’s a commonly known and grudgingly accepted fact for most people who choose to live in Alaska: Expect to pay higher prices. The Tax Foundation recently published […]

December 11, 2020 Blog, Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

Memo to Policymakers: Help Teachers Focus on Reading

By Robert Pondiscio This article originally appeared on the Thomas B. Fordham Institute website on November 19, 2020. At the tail end of a recent symposium titled “Why children can’t read—and what we can do […]

December 9, 2020 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Podcast: Bob Griffin and Casey Dschaak Talk Education

In this episode, APF’s Senior Education Research Fellow Bob Griffin joins Casey Dschaak on the Alaska Conversations Podcast. Listen now as they discuss Alaska’s educational policies, including the Alaska Reads Act. They also […]

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Video: Pandemic Pioneers – Homeschooling with Leigh Sloan

“Kids learn differently, and they need different opportunities.” Watch the video to hear from Leigh Sloan, a homeschooling parent who has found—and provided—just the right education to fit her children’s unique needs, interests, […]

December 1, 2020 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider, Videos

Amicus Brief: Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools v. Heinrich

On November 19, 2020, the following amicus brief was accepted by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in the case Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools v. Henrich. APF joined the Liberty Justice Center, […]

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

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