The Weekly Top 3

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of July 27, 2026.
The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. 

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss Enstar's petition for rehearing of its Cook Inlet storage proposal and where the process goes from there (2:10), 2) we discuss an issue that Hilcorp left out...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of July 20, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the results (that will surprise many) from comparing the income tax rate on middle-income Alaska families resulting from PFD cuts against the income tax rates on middle-income families in other states (2:10), 2) we try to brin...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of July 13, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we update our look at the Permanent Fund Corporation from the information contained in its most recent performance report (2:10), 2) we discuss how the state is making the economic situation faced by middle-income Alaska families even wo...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of July 6, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss a recent example of where the K-12 industry’s expectations have become unreasonable (2:00), 2) we explain why Rep. Schwanke is right about a lot of things, but is very wrong when it comes to the proposed S-corp provision ...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of June 29, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we outline the state's deeply unsettling fiscal outlook, even if spending growth is held to inflation from FY26 onward (2:05), 2) we discuss why we continue to believe that the #akleg should pass the S-corp amendment and override the Governo...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of June 22, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why, by following a one-way fiscal policy that favors spending over revenues, Governor Dunleavy is making the state's already bad fiscal situation even worse (2:26), 2) we explain why we believe the Senate is right in proposing to fix Ala...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of June 15, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain the reason why the Bullet Line (now called Phase 1 of the #AKLNG project) has never been built and question why some think #AKLNG overcomes it (2:12), 2) we dive deep into the #AKLNG bill and discuss why we think Alaska will b...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of June 8, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the potential of ending up stuck in Phase 1 of the #AKLNG project poses an unacceptable risk to Alaskans (2:11), 2) we discuss what the lack of interest in the ANWR lease sale last week tells us about the North Slope oil si...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of June 1, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss yesterday’s filing deadline, who filed for office, who didn’t, and what the result means for Alaska’s future (2:15), 2) we review the significant insights we have gleaned from LegFin’s recent fiscal summ...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of May 25, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the more we learn about how Phase 1 of the AKLNG project is intended to work, the more concerned we become about its potential impact on Alaskans (2:16); 2) we explain how some attempt to use the “federal income tax&r...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of May 18, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the effort yesterday by some to use the gasline bill permanently to divert revenues to their favored spending categories, and why we continue to be concerned about the potential for similar efforts in the future, even though yester...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of April 27, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why we believe the Governor should veto, and the Legislature should uphold his veto of the defined benefits bill, assuming it passes the Legislature in the first go round (2:24), 2) we discuss both the signals the feds are se...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of April 20, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we analyze where the FY26 and FY27 budgets currently stand, focusing on the revenue sources that are being used to support them (2:12), 2) we discuss the current status of the AKLNG project, including the potential impact of yesterday&r...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of April 13, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the way the legislative R’s are handling the PFD debate is a certain loser, and consider whether that is, in fact, their goal (2:10), 2) we explain why we believe SJR 29, the proposed Constitutional amendment to est...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of April 6, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the absolute hypocrisy being exhibited on all sides during the recent debates on the PFD issue in the House Finance Committee (2:14), 2) we discuss the issues we see with SJR 29, the proposed Constitutional amendment to establ...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of March 30, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the projected FY27 oil revenue windfall seems to be burning a hole in legislators’ pockets (2:16), 2) we explain why SB274, the Senate Finance Committee’s proposed reduction of the POMV draw percentage, is add...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of March 23, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we examine what last week's successful NPRA lease sale means for Alaska (1:58), 2) we discuss the source and extent of the problems the AKLNG project is facing in the Legislature (17:26), and 3) we examine the upcoming challenges the Legislature fa...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of March 16, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the ongoing debate in the House over the funding source for the FY26 Supplemental (1:54), 2) we explain how, yet again, the House Majority is attempting to Orwellianize the term “fiscally responsible” (16:03), and...

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of March 9, 2026.

This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how SB 274 — the Senate Finance Committee’s proposal to reduce the level of the annual POMV draw from the Permanent Fund — is applying the wrong lesson taken from the performance of the Permanent Fund Corpora...