This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Bronson & Taylor fall for a trap on the Permanent Fund, we update household income levels and explain tax rates by income bracket & how making Alaska affordable for some makes it less so for others. #akleg buff.ly/lo6fJTJ

This Week's Column| Closing Alaska’s fiscal gap with PFD cuts puts 2½ times the burden, as a share of income, on middle-income households as on the top 20%. Once you see the disproportionate impact, you can’t unsee it. #akleg buff.ly/UfNE3ZK

Most classify tax expenditures (revenue losses from provisions that create select discounts) as indirect govt spending. If we included them in the spending swoop chart, they (90% of which go to #OilCos) would be at least the second-largest category. #akleg

The Sunday Financial Charts| To help better understand the overall financial environment, weekly we track current + projected inflation & interest rates. #akleg

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The Sunday Chart| To help assess the ANS market, wkly we review the status of the ANS tanker fleet. Notes: 1 ship in maint., 1 FF underway to Asia. #akleg

* Deliveries month to date: 13.5
* Not in ANS service: 1 CP in maint
* Asia: 1 FF (likely EM chartered)
* USWC: 9 (4 CP, 3 HIL, 2 EM, 0 MPC)

#akleg Sneak peek.

May I be so blessed as to Never have a GOPer at my door.
#GOP
#akgop especially
#trump
#trumpettes
#akleg

#RapeCulture #Cornell #WeAreTired #MeToo #AKelect #AKgov #AKleg

The Rolling 4-Wk Avgs| To provide perspective on $$ANS trends as well as the relationship b/w ANS & other reference prices, wkly we chart the 4-wk avg & differentials. Current ANS 4-wk avg $104, ahead of Brent (+$3.28), and Brent/WTI avg (+$5.86). #akleg

Dunleavy wastes time, money on ad campaign promoting Dunleavy…

because he is desperate for attention, he needs a job and he’s a complete failure. And he’s using state resources to do it. #akleg

This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Bronson & Taylor fall for a trap on the Permanent Fund, we update household income levels and explain tax rates by income bracket & how making Alaska affordable for some makes it less so for others. #akleg buff.ly/lo6fJTJ

Peltola supporters, "don young and ted stevens were belligerent assholes, so why can't aunty mary?" Go back to filming more commercials showing that she has the support of 80-year-old white republicans. #akleg #alaskasky

The 8:35a Chart| Given the importance of Permanent Fund returns to #AKrev levels, we have developed a second morning chart comparing the S&P 500 5-, 3- & 1-yr returns to the PFC's. #akleg

* 5-yr: S&P 13.30% v PFC 6.27%
* 3-yr: S&P 22.92% v PFC 9.20%
* 1-yr: S&P 18.62% v PFC 11.36%

The 8:30a Chart| For reference, we publish daily (ex-Su) running avgs of FY27-36 $$ANS, Brent & WTI actuals + futures. Projected revs are +Futures v. SPRING26 Rev F'cast. #akleg

FY27:
> Spring RF: $75
> Actual FYTD: $90
> +Futures: $95 (+$970mil)

FY28-36:
> Spring RF: $71
> Futures: $71 (+$27mil)

This Week's Column| Closing Alaska’s fiscal gap with PFD cuts puts 2½ times the burden, as a share of income, on middle-income households as on the top 20%. Once you see the disproportionate impact, you can’t unsee it. #akleg buff.ly/UfNE3ZK

Exactly what happens in #Alaska under #Dunleavy #trump's mini-me. #akleg

The Friday P.M. "Goldilocks" Charts| We publish five charts Fri afternoons showing the impact of current futures $$oil on Alaska's fiscal outlook and three alternatives for resolving it. (Background: bit.ly/3UhbLCZ) #akleg

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This Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Bronson & Taylor fall for a trap on the Permanent Fund, we update household income levels and explain tax rates by income bracket & how making Alaska affordable for some makes it less so for others. #akleg buff.ly/lo6fJTJ

Alaska chatbots keep favoring Begich for the House seat, and the betting markets favor him even more.

https://votingmonitor.org/races/AK-AL-HOUSE #akleg