After several recent lengthy updates, I promise to keep this short and to the point! Earlier this week I wrote about the risk permanent fund earnings pose to our oil & gas industry. My premise was that increased permanent fund investment earnings
I sponsored HB 180 to help reduce wasteful spending and improve budget transparency by creating a process to automatically remove unnecessary positions each budget cycle. HB 180 eliminates positions in the classified or partially exempt service that have been vacant
HB 217 was developed in close coordination with the Departments of Administration (DOA) and Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF). The bill modifies the statutes to reflect the fiscal policy change of responsibility for State buildings from the Department of Administration
The greatest risk to economic growth where most Alaskans work, our private sector, is unpredictable and unrestrained public sector spending. For this reason, a constitutional amendment providing an effective spending limit on our legislature is necessary. The argument over whether
In July 2021, I participated in group discussions as a member of the Fiscal Policy Working Group (FPWG). The group was formed from members of both houses, from both political parties, and from all majority and minority caucuses. The genesis
I believe the legislature should follow the laws of the land, including AS 37.13.145(b), the law that directs a 50/50 split between the PFD and government spending. I believe that the PFD needs to be put in the constitution if it
