The Weekly Top 3 (2.24.2020)

02/26/20 • 36 min

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week - for the week of February 24, 2019.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) our concern that the Gov's current path on budget issues is leading straight to another year of deep PFD cuts (1:57), 2) SFIN's leading proposal on a spending cap doesn't do much (18:54), and 3) why the Goldman, Chase & others' decisions to curtail funding of Alaska oil investments is significant, and our view of how the state should respond (25:06).

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 the first hour of Tuesday’s show, from 6:25–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.

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The Weekly Top 3 (2.17.2020)

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week - for the week of February 17, 2019.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 discussion between the two of us about the three issues.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) what is the outlook for the PFD this session - and beyond (1:47); 2) the University of Alaska still isn't understanding how big the challenge is ahead (21:35); and 3) some suggest a carbon tax could help (not hurt) #AKoil (29:20).

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The Weekly Top 3 (3.2.2020)

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week - for the week of March 2, 2019.This week our Top 3 issues are these: 1) Leg Finance Division's biased and inaccurate treatment of the PFD under current law is now crossing over into the media (1:56), 2) the significant impact the coronavirus-induced economic downturn is likely to have on state revenues (18:07), and 3) something many are badly missing as they think about whether to sign the #RecallDunleavy petition (26:42).