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 January 12, 2026.
This week, we are using the segment to discuss our Top 5 fiscal priorities for this coming legislative session:
In the first part of the segment (at 2:30), we discuss our first and second priorities:
* Opposing the consolidation of the current two-account Permanent Fund system into a single account, and
* Reforming oil taxes
In the second part (at 18:04), we discuss our third and fourth priorities, both of which are designed to reduce the current disproportionate burden imposed by state fiscal policy on middle and lower-income Alaska families and the overall Alaska economy:
* Restructuring and constitutionalizing the PFD, and
* Coupled with a spending cap, adopting a broad-based tax, and
And in the final part (at 40:05), we discuss our fifth priority:
* Reforming the Permanent Fund Corporation Board to refocus its membership on those having substantial investment expertise and experience.
