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Ten Alaskans selected for inaugural program The newly launched annual Alaska Leadership Academy (ALA) is proud to announce it has accepted ten Alaskans for the initial program cohort. This exciting program, sponsored by […]
If the word “normal” seems overused these days, you aren’t imagining it. Everyone wants to get back to normal. Especially in our local schools. But that’s easier said than done. My perception of […]
Alaska Policy Forum joined over 30 others on a coalition letter to the U.S. Department of Labor, urging it to retain the January 7, 2021 rule on employment status determination under the Fair […]
APF’s most generous donors, who are members of our Giving Clubs, recently had the opportunity to meet Governor Mike Dunleavy during a private event. Governor Dunleavy spent five years as an Alaska State […]
Alaskans have one week to apply to be accepted for Alaska Policy Forum’s inaugural annual leadership academy. This program will train, inform, equip and connect experienced and emerging leaders in Alaska on the […]
APF CEO Bethany Marcum was recently featured on the Must Read Alaska podcast to talk about our organization, and more specifically, about the exciting launch of the Alaska Leadership Academy. You can watch […]
Alaska Policy Forum is proud to announce the launch of its annual leadership academy. This program will train, inform, equip and connect experienced and emerging leaders in Alaska on the founding principles of […]
As is often the case, there was no shortage of bills introduced to the 32nd Legislature (which comprises 2021 and 2022). Not counting resolutions, legislators introduced 690. Those that did not pass both […]
Authored by Jonathan Helton of Grassroot Institute of Hawaii in association with Alaska Policy Forum The PDF in its original form can be found here. Executive Summary Alaska is heavily dependent on waterborne […]
Introduction These budget blocks are a simple, straightforward way to visualize how Alaska is spending its money and from which funds that money is coming. The size of each block corresponds to the […]
The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) recently received a $1 million grant, funded by the federal CARES Act, to research a “legal and practical pathway” for tribal compacting of education. Tribal compacting is an education agreement between the state and tribes where local authority for K-12 schools is vested […]
The Tax Foundation has released a series of articles examining the reliance of state budgets on property taxes, sales taxes, and individual income taxes. Alaska does not yet have an income tax on individuals, although several bills have been introduced in […]
All we can say is, “we told you so.” When the discussions on Medicaid Expansion began in earnest in 2013, we brought the facts to light over the next couple of years. There […]
In a large statewide poll conducted by Hellenthal and Associates in the spring of 2017, Alaskan voters agreed with the following statement by a two-to-one margin: “The state budget needs to be drastically […]
The Tax Foundation, the nation’s leading independent tax policy nonprofit organization has published their take on the governor’s tax proposal. Highlights: “When Alaska’s legislature convenes in the year’s fourth special session on Monday, […]
(NCPA) With examples from Massachusetts’ “Commonwealth Connector” law and California’s proposed health care exchange, NCPA explains one of the new health care law’s requirements and what it means to you.