The Weekly Top 3

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of May 30, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we follow up on a couple of recent articles in the press by discussing what is happening with Cook Inlet gas (1:53); 2) we pick up on a piece in the Alaska Beacon to discuss where the PFD may be headed next(14:37);...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of May 16, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss what the difference is between what the Governor should - but likely on the other hand will - do with the budgets the legislature has sent him (2:08); 2) we use a recent Twitter exchange to explain how so...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of May 16, 2022. Because of the time we spent on them, this week we only cover the first two of our Top 3 issues: 1) Michael and I discuss a series of tweets from Rep. Ivy Spohnholz that says out loud what’s been historically the silent part of the progressive position on...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of May 9, 2022. Because of the time we spent on them, this week we only cover the first two of our Top 3 issues: 1) Michael and I discuss at length our take on the status of the budget, current through the Senate's actions on Monday (2:00); and 2) in light of what has...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of May 2, 2022. 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. I join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show, fr...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of April 25, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) while some call SB199 the "cornerstone of a fiscal plan, we believe it is substantially flawed (2:05); 2) what some believe the end game of this year's legislative session is beginning to look like as we...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of April 18, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) the pro's, con's and alternatives to a Constitutional Convention (2:12); 2) why it's fiscally irresponsible of the House to be rolling out new, permanent spending bills without first resolving a lon...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of April 11, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss where the budget stands as it passes the House and starts being worked by Senate Finance (2:02); 2) we explore an interesting interaction during the budget debate on the House floor related to a long te...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of April 4, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how, by pursuing permanent spending increases, some in the #akleg are putting the fiscal cart well in front of the horse (2:13); 2) we discuss what criteria we are using to sort through the 48 candidates...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of March 28, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the operating budget passed by HFIN and headed to the House floor this week (2:05); 2) we use this past weekend’s ADN editorial on the same subject as a stepping off point to explain again why we contin...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of March 21, 2022. 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. I join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show,...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of March 14, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the Alaska Yuppie version of fiscal responsibility, as reflected in a recent Anchorage Daily News op-ed (2:05); 2) we explain why, as proposed, the Governor’s gasoline tax suspension isn’t saving Alaska...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of March 7, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we put the version of the House Operating Budget currently being considered by the House Finance Committee into context by comparing it to prior budgets and discuss what we will be looking for as the budget continu...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of February 28, 2022. This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the upcoming Spring Revenue Forecast and why we think the Administration should release it sooner than later (2:10); 2) we explain the opportunities the withdrawal from Russia of BP, other oil &...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of February 21, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the lead fiscal bills that are emerging in both the House and Senate and why they ultimately aren't headed anywhere (2:02); 2) we explain why we likely are a no on the Governor's proposed ge...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of February 14, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the significance of the ongoing increase in oil prices to the #AKbudget; at the levels projected by the futures market, the FY23 budget now balances at a full, statutory PFD (2:09); 2) but now that th...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of February 7, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain that while the federal infrastructure bill does bring significant benefits to Alaska, it also comes at some cost that needs to be accounted for as well (1:59); 2) we discuss some important assumptions...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of January 31, 2022.The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show's website weekdays from 6–8am. I join Michael each week on Tuesday's show, from 6:20–7am, for a d...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of January 24, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) why we support using a portion of the federal COVID relief funds as replacement UGF revenues this budget cycle (2:02); 2) we explain why we increasingly believe Gov Dunleavy has become a fiscal wimp (22:48); and...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of January 17, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) after looking at the summaries published by each, we discuss how far both the Administration and the Legislative Finance Division already are straying from "truth in budgeting" this session (2:06); 2) i...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of January 10, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain our concerns about the Governor's proposal this budget to raise revenues through permanent PFD cuts, without first exploring even obvious revenue alternatives the Administration itself has raised...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of January 3, 2022.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we review the Governor's proposed FY23 budget and 10-year fiscal plan released just before the holidays (2:17); 2) we discuss the Carl Marrs' op-ed appearing in the ADN and elsewhere over the holidays, t...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - Holiday Edition, our last of the year, for the week of December 20, 2021.Normally on the podcast we talk about the Top 3 issues currently facing state fiscal and oil & gas policymakers. But this week on the holiday edition Michael and I get in the spirit by talking about three, holiday-themed topics: 1) we talk about our favorite Christmas movies, including taking...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of December 13, 2021.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss what we will focus on in the Governor's Supplemental FY22 and FY23 budgets when they are released later this week (2:01); 2) we provide our way to early thoughts on the Permanent Fund Board'...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of December 6, 2021.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss how, with oil prices dropping in the wake of the Omicron variant and other events, the Administration is facing rougher times ahead on its fiscal proposals (1:58); 2) we consider what the federal infra...