The Weekly Top 3

During our day guest hosting the Tom Anderson Show we talk to Craig Medred from craigmedred.com about the quality of the reporting during this year's Alaska election cycle. The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show . The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. We join Michael weekly in...

During our day guest hosting the Tom Anderson Show we talk to Craig Medred from craigmedred.com about this year's fishing runs, and how the politics of fish may affect this year's Governor's race. The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show . The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays fro...

During our day guest hosting the Tom Anderson Show we talk to Maya MacGuineas, the President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (#BudgetHawks)about the current federal fiscal situation, the status of Social Security and ways that Alaskans can be involved in finding solutions. The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show . The Show broadcasts on Facebook and...

During our day guest hosting the Tom Anderson Show we talk to Cody Rice from global oil & gas consulting group Wood Mackenzie about the current global LNG market and #AKLNG's place in it. The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show . The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. We joi...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of July 23, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week our Top 3 issues are these: (1) why there is a difference between "Alaska First" (Gov. Walker's campaign theme) and AlaskaNS First, and why that difference is important (at 3:17); (2) are we on track, as Mike Dunleavy claims in a recent op-ed, for a "new legi...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of July 16, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week our Top 3 issues are these: (1) Our reaction to a recent op-ed from Gov Walker attempting to excuse his unilateral 2016 #PFDcut (and some follow up with Michael about our current view of the Governor's race) (at 2:45); (2) why HB331 (the #OilCredit bailout bill) sets a dang...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of July 9, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week our Top 3 issues are these: (1)Alaska Public Media swallows #AKGov Walker's campaign theme hook, line & sinker (at 2:10); (2) why we need to revamp the state gov'ts approach to budgeting (20:55), and (3) what we are looking for during this week's hearings on #A...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of July 2, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week our Top 3 issues are these: (1) this year's overriding #akelect issue at both state & fed levels (at 2:35); (2) is the #OilCredit bond bailout (HB 331) justified because, as some claim, it "creates jobs" (16:50); and (3) do we need (or more importantly, can we...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of June 25, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we turn our focus to the issues we believe will be important in this year's election cycle. We start with these three: (1) why we think the PFD is an important issue in individual #akleg races (at 3:05), (2) why we think the federal deficit is a real issue in Don Young&apos...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of June 18, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1) What is a "shadow deficit" and why we should be concerned about it (2:45), (2) why George Orwell's book, "1984," is relevant to this year's Alaska election (20:10), and (3) what the employment numbers are telling us about the #AKecon...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of June 11, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1) whether the #AKGov candidates are talking about the right issues (at 5:10), (2) the 3% carve out from ANWR revenues proposed by the AK Congressional delegation for Alaska's regional native corporations (at 25:20), and (3) in a federal fiscal moment, why Soci...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of June 4, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1) our first take on the candidates in this coming #akelect cycle (at 2:40), (2) a deeper look at one of the "winners" and the resulting losers this past #akleg session (at 24:00), and (3) what did we learn about the #AKLNG project from the #AKGov Walker&ap...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of May 28, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1) Why we need to take #AKLNG seriously (at 3:10), (2) the effort by some to apply revisionist history to the #PFD (at 19:46), and (3) our thoughts on Rep. Tammie Wilson's comments on the Show last week on HB 331 (and why it is and will continue to be an issue f...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of May 21, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1)what drove the $1+B increase--yes, increase--in state spending this session (at 3:08), (2) the fiscal story the #AKSen keeps telling itself (in hopes that others buy it) (at 23:00), and (3) what may already be the best campaign ad we will see this season (at 38:28)...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of May 14, 2018.Typically we devote these segments to the top 3 things on our mind as we make the turn from the prior week to the one head. This week, however, we take time out to focus on "The Five Most Fiscally Irresponsible Votes This Past #AKLeg Session." We start with No. 1 on the list, HB 331, the Oil Credit Bond bill, or as we put it, the O...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of May 7, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1)the HB 331 shell game. Seems good for current Alaskans, but very bad for future Alaskans (at 3:40); (2)the SB 26 conference committee proposal. In our view, if passed the conference committee proposal effectively spells the end of the PFD (at 26:15); and (3)BP signs...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of April 30, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1) a very interesting new look by Ed King at King Economics Group at the legislature’s proposed POMV draw rates (at 2:57), (2) a look at at the effect of HB 331, the proposal to issue bonds to fund accelerating the payment of the outstanding oil credit balances, on...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of April 23, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1) our analysis of how Alaska legislators are dodging personal responsibility for a proportionate share of the costs of government spending (at 3:19), (2) a question that is arising during the discussion of oil tax credit bonds: Why are at least some Alaska House R...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of April 16, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1) the continuing effort by some in the #AKLeg to enact a permanent PFD cut this session (at 2:54), (2) the effort to kick #OilTaxCredits further down the road through bonding (at 26:08), and (3) since its federal tax week, the US budget situation (at 40:13). The W...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 for the week of April 9, 2018, our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week. This week we focus on (1)The battle over PFD cuts (at 3:25), (2) what it will take to really reduce spending (at 22:33), and (3) oil taxes (& credits) (at 35:59). The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show . The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive a...

Welcome to the April 2, 2018 edition of The Weekly Top 3, our weekly podcast covering the top 3 things on our mind as we look ahead to the upcoming week. This week we focus on (1) the budget & the PFD (at 2:05), (2) oil tax credits & bonds (it's more complicated than you think) (at 25:19), and (3) why we should take #AKLNG seriously (at 39:40). At the end of the show we also talk a bi...

Welcome to the March 26, 2018 edition of The Weekly Top 3, our weekly podcast covering the top 3 things on our mind as we look ahead to the upcoming week. This week and for the foreseeable future we will be doing The Weekly Top 3 as a segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Michael Dukes Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show's website weekdays from 9-11am. Inste...

Welcome to the March 19, 2018 edition of The Weekly Top 3, our weekly podcast covering the top 3 things on our mind as we look ahead to the upcoming week. This week and for the foreseeable future we will be doing The Weekly Top 3 as a segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Michael Dukes Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show's website weekdays from 9-11am. Inste...

Welcome to the March 12, 2018 edition of The Weekly Top 3, our quick, 15 minute(-ish) review of the three biggest issues on which we are focusing as we pivot from the prior week to the one upcoming. This week we focus on (1) Constitutionalizing the PFD (at 1:35); (2) the worth of the Senate's proposed statutory spending limit (at 11:36); and (3) surprisingly, why a US/China trade war may be g...

Welcome to the March 5, 2018 edition of The Weekly Top 3, our quick, 15 minute(-ish) review of the three biggest issues on which we are focusing as we pivot from the prior week to the one upcoming. This week we focus on (1) why the Administration's (and Senate's) explanation for cutting the PFD is silly (at 1:09), (2) the merits of POMV (at 8:30), and (3) Alaska's Congressional dele...