News analysis Alaska’s largest city was all a twitter on Saturday because a Delaware company operating a website called 24/7 Wall St. out of New York proclaimed Alaska the most dangerous state […]
Fuzzy math
One success
Alaska, a state mired in recession, got a bit of good news on Friday – it’s home to one at least business proving hugely successful in the cold, snowy north. The […]
Old fogies
News analysis Alaska appears to be weathering its current recession much better than the big crash of the 1980s, according to the latest figures from the state Department of Labor, but […]
Norway not
Commentary Norway’s version of the Alaska Permanent Fund hit the $1 trillion mark this week. That’s $1,000 billion, or about 16 times the $61.2 billion the state of Alaska is […]
Worst time tax
Commentary No right-minded economist would tell a $5-billion per year government sitting on a surplus of more than $60 billion to impose an income tax during a recession. What they would suggest […]
Taxing questions
Alaska is the only state in the union that offers a cash reward for being a resident. Some need that money badly. Some need it about as much as the average American […]
The recession arrives
No one has as yet declared the state of Alaska officially on the list of governments fighting recessions, and it is unlikely anyone will. But a top state economist Tuesday admitted the […]
Global gas blues
With the administration of Gov. Bill Walker pushing full-speed ahead for an Alaska natural gas pipeline and the full-on export of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the Kenai Peninsula, it might be […]
