The media frequently report on research by ISER’s faculty and staff or ask for their input on current topics. We began listing these in 2014 to provide a historical record.
2016
- 50 lobbyists stand between Alaskans and health care reform , by Charles Wohlforth, ADN, December 31, 2016.
- Dividend cut salts the wound of recession, by Paul Jenkins, ADN, December 24, 2016.
- Permanent Fund dividends keep thousands of Alaskans above poverty line: report, by Austin Baird, KTUU, December 23, 2016.
- Alaska’s Novel Plan to Cut Health Premium Costs, by Shayndi Raice and Anna Wilde Mathews, Wall Street Journal, November 22, 2016.
- Here’s what low oil prices have done to Alaska’s jobs picture, by Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News, November 12,2016.
- Defining the worth of an apology: Presbyterian Church statement at AFN can help past wounds heal, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial, October 26, 2016.
- Legislators fighting PFD cut explain their ideas to close budget gap, by Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO, October 26, 2016.
- Health care divides Alaska’s haves and have-nots. And the haves are in charge. , by Charles Wohlforth, ADN, October 17, 2016.
- Your budget-gap solution might be more complicated than you think, by Aaron Bolton, KTSK Wrangell, October 7, 2016.
- ISER study analyzes economic impacts of state cuts, taxes, by Josh Edge, APRN, October 6, 2016.
- Ambler road would cost villagers dearly in food, new study says, by Yereth Rosen, ADN, October 5, 2016.
- Any solutions to fiscal crisis will be painful, forum attendees say, by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, October 2, 2016.
- Health Care Cost in Alaska, host Charles Wohlforth, Hometown Alaska, Alaska Public Media, September 23, 2016.
- Q and A: Ralph Townsend, ISER’s new director, UAA Seawolf Monthly, September 21, 2016.
- Lawmaker says Alaska child welfare agency practices ‘legal kidnapping,’ but top official disputes charge, by Nathaniel Herz, ADN, September 9, 2016.
- Who gets paid more: state workers or private employees? , by Rebecca Palsha, KTUU, September 2, 2016.
- Study finds that benefits equalize pay rates of state and private sector workers, by Andrew Kitchenman, APRN and KTOO, August 5, 2016.
- How health care costs are bleeding Alaska dry, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, August 1, 2016.
- “No consistent evidence” Alaska’s public employees are overpaid, says new UAA study, by Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News, July 28, 2016.
- New study shows inconsistency among state child protection workers, lack of training, by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media, July 20, 2016.
- For one family, the prospect of a new Wrangell boarding school stirs up bad memories, by Aaron Bolton, KSTK News, July 16, 2016.
- Why a Wrangell boarding school plan stirs bad memories – and opportunity, KTOO, July 13, 2016.
- A possible boarding school may be great opportunity, but stirs bad memories for one family, by Aaron Bolton, KTSK News, July 12, 2016.
- Invasive elodea species intrigues economist, by Ellen Lockyer, Alaska Public Media, July 8, 2016.
- Opinion: Why many Alaska students never come back from college — and how to change that, by Charles Wohlforth, Anchorage Daily News, July 6, 2016.
- Role of child welfare agency largely misunderstood, new report finds , by Paula Dobbyn, KTUU, July 5, 2016.
- Controlling elodea with data, by Ben Boettger, Peninsula Clarion, June 22, 2016.
- Research will map risk of invasive aquatic weeds in Alaska, by Lauren Frisch, Sea Grant Alaska, June 15, 2016.
- Meet ISER’s new director, Ralph Townsend, by Shaylon Cochran, KDLG-Dillingham, June 22, 2016.
- Research to map risk of invasive elodea in Alaska, by Lauren Frisch, UAF News and Information, June 15, 2016.
- ISER can become pan-Alaskan, by Doug Reynolds, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, May 27, 2016.
- Economist explains bleak economic realities of oil crash, by Margaret Kriz Hobson, E&E Publishing, LLC, May 9, 2016.
- Alaska has one of country’s loosest home-schooling laws, by Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, May 18, 2016.
- Can teaching Native languages improve graduation rates in Alaska? by Johanna Eurich, Alaska Public Media, May 4, 2016.
- Could good mining jobs actually hurt rural Alaska villages? Y-K Health Corp. thinks so, by Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, April 26, 2016.
- Dividend is the strongest protection for the Alaska Permanent Fund, by Scott Goldsmith and John Havelock, Alaska Dispatch News, April 13, 2016.
- Alaska at Stake: Economist responds to unanswered questions, by Tracy Sinclare, KTUU Television, March 31, 2016.
- Alaska at Stake: A town hall discussion on the budget crisis, KTUU Television, March 30, 2016.
- Economist urges lawmakers to address budget uncertainty, by Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media, March 30, 2016.
- Alaska’s misery index could help find least painful way to solve budget deficit, by John Davies, Alaska Dispatch News, March 29, 2016.
- Dillingham school board approves superintendent contract, tentative budget, by Hannah Colton, March 29, 2016.
- Legislative update, by Alaska Edition, Alaska Public Media, March 25, 2016.
- Demand for child foster care heightens, by Cordova Times staff, Cordova Times, March 16, 2016.
- Alaska’s annual dividend adds up for residents, Marketplace, March 16, 2016.
- Railbelt reps are hurting their own regions the most, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, March 13, 2016.
- Alaska doesn’t have to solve its budget problem at once, by Paul Jenkins, Alaska Dispatch News, March 13, 2016.
- PFD cuts could mean big ripples in Alaska economy, by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska Public Radio Network, March 9, 2016.
- Loss of dividend would threaten the survival of rural Alaska, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, March 9, 2016.
- State budget cuts could mean tens of thousands will lose jobs, by Lauren Maxwell, KTVA, March 8, 2016.
- Job losses predicted in new study would rival Alaska’s wrost ever, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, March 8, 2016.
- ISER creates game to help people understand AK budget crisis, by Daybreak Staff, KTVA, March 7, 2016.
- You can help fix state budget crisis, by Eric Troyer, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, March 6, 2016.
- UA official: Balancing budget through cuts alone would greatly damage state’s economy, by Matt Buxton, Faribanks Daily News-Miner, March 2, 2016.
- How will fixing Alaska’s budget affect the economy?, by Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News, February 25, 2016.
- Repeat child maltreatment in Alaska: what do the numbers mean?, by Diwakar Vadapalli, commentary in Alaska Dispatch News, February 23, 2016.
- A professor’s quest to help Alaskans understand the size, and severity, of the fiscal crisis (with video), by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, February 15, 2016.
- After three squandered Alaska oil booms, let’s prevent future megaprojects, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, February 6, 2016.
- Economist: Alaska faces the choice “to become more like other states”, by Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News, February 1, 2016.
- Alaska building expected to dive this year, by Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News, January 30, 2016.
- Alaska Construction Spending Forecast down 18% for 2016, Alaska Business Monthly, January 28, 2016.
- Pivotal Alaskan economist Arlon Tussing dies at 82, by Joaqlin Estus, KNBA, January 18, 2016.
- Hometown U: Getting schooled-up on 49th-state economics, by Kathleen McCoy, Alaska Dispatch News, January 10, 2016.
- REPORT: Alaska oil revenue dwarfs earnings from other state industries, by Travis Khachatoorian, KTUU, January 7, 2016.
- State fishery spending analyzed, by Elizabeth Earl, Peninsula Clarion, January 5, 2016.
- Alaska’s Economy, by Mouhcine Guettabi and Gunnar Knapp, Alaska Business Monthly, January 4, 2016.
