Alaska’s fiscal regime does not serve the state well. Alaska has no broad-based tax, no binding spending limit, no revenue cap and no enforceable rules governing what happens with surplus revenues.

Alaskans seeking to get resident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses may soon need to meet most of the same standards needed to get a Permanent Fund dividend. In a 27-12 vote Friday, the Alaska ...

I want to stop our fights over the PFD and the Permanent Fund,” Dunleavy said in his State of the State speech on Thursday.

This year, thousands of Alaskan taxpayers will receive a $1,000 stimulus check from the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). The PFD, derived from the state's oil and mineral revenues, aims to support ...

The governor’s fiscal plan acknowledges Alaska’s revenue problem at last, but tying taxes, spending limits and a ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed a 4% statewide summer sales tax, effective through 2034, as part of his plan to bring ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Friday that he would be introducing a constitutional amendment that would guarantee half of the ...

Fifty years ago, Alaskans made a decision that continues to shape our state’s financial future. In 1976, at a pivotal moment early in our statehood, voters amended the Alaska Constitution ...

Kiehl said he’s focused on everything from balancing the state budget to addressing largely unregulated water pollution by ...

Amid a severe state budget deficit, the Alaska Senate Finance Committee is proposing the lowest Permanent Fund dividend in five years and — if adjusted for inflation — the lowest dividend ever. On ...

The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is one of the most unusual in America due to the unusual distribution mechanism of its oil wealth, as Alaska has a unique and special system of payment of an annual ...

Fifty years ago, Alaskan voters amended the state constitution to set aside a portion of the state’s revenues from oil and minerals, establishing the Alaska Permanent Fund to benefit all generations ...