Alaska House’s deadlocked budget sent back for further talks with $1.9B deficit The House is stuck on the PFD, school funding and the size of the budget itself.

Put another way: after ramping up spending to unsupported levels, the #AKHouMaj pleads for help from the #akleg Minority & #AKGov to pay for it. The appropriate response? You want it, you find ways to pay for it yourself. #NoGetOutOfJailFreeCard

Major Alaska school funding boost heads toward final House vote as Gov. Dunleavy says he doesn’t support it A proposed school funding increase is coming up against the state’s precarious fiscal situation.

🙄 #AKHouMaj claim: "We are prioritizing #WorkingAKfams!!"

Fact: Their Finance Co-Chair just endorsed yet another expansion of the "most regressive tax ever proposed." A $1000 PFD = about an 83%/17% POMV split.

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#akleg #RegressiveTax&Spend

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: How will the House Majority Coalition balance the budget? We had planned to write about something else this week, but the quick announcement of the formation of a new “House Majority Coalition” to lead the House...… Read More

Many in the #akleg #AKHouMaj claim they are looking out for middle & lower-income (#Working) #AKfams, but as push comes to shove, they are taxing them heavily thru PFDcuts to protect the Top20%, #NonRez &#OilCos from contributing anything toward govt costs.

The Weekly Top 3 (1.27.2025) Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis

ICYMI. This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig it even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis.

The Weekly Top 3 (1.27.2025) Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis

ICYMI. This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig it even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis.

The Weekly Top 3 (1.27.2025) Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis

ICYMI. This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig it even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis.

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the coming candidates for governor should be thinking about revenue reform Although we are still awaiting final results, with the 2024 midterm elections now largely in the rearview...… Read More

Both the Governor, who ignores the State's deep budget deficits, and the #akleg #AKHouMaj, who propose a massive spending increase even in the face of those deficits, are delusional. Until we address the budget's revenue side, we are just digging our already deep hole deeper.

The Weekly Top 3 (1.27.2025) Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis

ICYMI. This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig it even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis.

The Weekly Top 3 (1.27.2025) Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast| Senator Dunbar asks the right question of Enstar; with the #akleg already facing a huge fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj proposes to dig even deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis.

This Wk's Top 3| Sen. Dunbar asks Enstar a key question (and BTW, where are Chugach & MEA); with the #akleg already facing a deep fiscal hole, the #AKHouMaj s̶t̶o̶p̶s ̶d̶i̶g̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ digs deeper & the real Permanent Fund crisis. T'row, 6:05a on the Michael Dukes Show at https://buff.ly/42uKva4

Alaska House to ‘expedite’ consideration of education funding increase Proposed legislation would add $464 million to Alaska’s $1.2 billion schools budget.

There is wide agreement Alaska is already facing huge structural deficits. This bill would make them even deeper. Even at the federal level, generally accepted fiscal rules require proposing #PayFors to cover the costs. But the #akleg #AKHouMaj? Nah, we'll just dig the hole deeper.