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Major Win for Alaska Students

Yesterday, something truly historic occurred. Nine years after Alaska Policy Forum began calling attention to our state’s poor student outcomes, and proposed adopting “the Florida reading reforms” as a remedy, legislators have finally […]

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Alaska’s Unemployment Insurance Taxes, Ranked

Unemployment insurance taxes (UI taxes) have significant effects on a state’s business climate, and unfortunately, Alaska’s system ranks 43rd out of 50, according to a recent report by the Tax Foundation. UI is […]

May 17, 2022May 16, 2022 Blog, Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

Private School, State Reimbursement: Family Choice

by Jodi Taylor, Alaska Policy Forum Board Chair Alaskan parents have a legitimate right to choose the school that is the best fit for their children, even if that is a private school. […]

May 16, 2022May 13, 2022 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Interested In Knowing How Your Legislators Voted On Their Own Pay Cut?

Alaska Policy Forum’s simple Legislative Vote Tracker tool allows you to easily see how your state representative and senator vote on bills. For example, 57 out of 60 state legislators voted in January […]

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 Blog, Front Page Slider, Transparency

Costs & Risks of Alaska Pension Changes

Experts from Reason Foundation’s Pension Integrity Project recently joined us for a 45-minute discussion on the costs and risks of changes to Alaska’s pension systems. You can watch the recording here (begins 04:30), […]

May 11, 2022May 10, 2022 Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

National Charter Schools Week

May 9, 2022May 6, 2022 Education, Front Page Slider

Guide to COVID-19 School District Funding

Alaska has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds for education, most of which have gone straight to public school districts. Alaska Policy Forum (APF) has written extensively about […]

May 6, 2022July 1, 2022 Education, Front Page Slider, Reports & Policy Briefs, State Budget & Taxes

Op-Ed: Alaska Businesses Need Unemployment Insurance Reform

This op-ed was originally published in the Juneau Empire on March 15, 2022. by Jeff Garness   As the primary payers of the unemployment system, business owners like me have a vested interest […]

May 5, 2022May 2, 2022 Front Page Slider, Other Issues

WEBINAR: Costs and Risks of Alaska Pension Changes

In 2006, the state of Alaska moved from one type of retirement system (defined benefits pension-DBP) for state employees to a 401(k)-style defined contribution retirement plan. The reason for this switch was concerns […]

May 3, 2022May 4, 2022 Blog, Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

Alaska’s Congressional Special Election Disgrace

The special election to fill the remainder of late Congressman Don Young’s term is a perfect storm of confusion for most Alaskans, devastating trust in our elections. The special statewide primary election to […]

May 2, 2022June 17, 2022 Blog, Front Page Slider

Cash for Alaska’s School Districts: Updated

The state of Alaska has 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. In […]

April 29, 2022 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider

Op-Ed: CON Laws Are Increasing Alaska’s Health Care Costs

This op-ed was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on March 14, 2022. by Dr. Steven and Mrs. Leslie Becker Years of conversation about high prices and spending on health care in […]

April 28, 2022April 20, 2022 Front Page Slider, Health Care

Background on Federal COVID-19 Education Relief Funds

Alaska has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds, most of which have gone straight to public school districts. Collectively to date, schools have nearly $401 million in COVID-19 […]

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

Video: Former Principal Supports Read by 9

Only one in four Alaska fourth grade students are reading on grade level. But there is a prescription for this problem. Debra Van Dyke was formerly principal at Fort Yukon School in the […]

April 25, 2022April 20, 2022 Blog, Education, Front Page Slider, Videos

Alaska’s Tax Freedom Day

March 25 was Alaska’s Tax Freedom Day (TFD)—the day Alaskans and businesses in Alaska had worked enough days to pay all state and local taxes for the year. This is the earliest state […]

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 Blog, Front Page Slider, State Budget & Taxes

College Students, This Is Your Chance!

UPDATE: applications are closed and an intern has been hired! Applications for APF’s Summer 2022 internship are now open! College students, you can read more about this on our Internship page. Former APF […]

April 19, 2022June 17, 2022 Front Page Slider

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