The media frequently report on research by ISER’s faculty and staff, and to help maintain a historical record of that coverage, we began listing it in 2014.

2018

• ISER report says Alaska health care spending is highest in nation, By Marie Ries, The Northern Light, October 22, 2018.
• Muni teams up with UAA to fight climate change, By Angela Krenzien, KTVA, September 26, 2018.
• Alaska: Front Line in the Global Trade War, By Scott Lanman, Bloomberg, July 26, 2018.
• Opinion: How a simple state regulation added $85 million each year to Alaska health care costs, By Charles Wohlforth, Anchorage Daily News, June 20, 2018.
• Study: PFD reduces poverty in Alaska, but not as much as it used to, By Annie Zak, ADN, April 11, 2018.
• The Alaska Legislature needs to pass POMV — now, By Janet McCabe, ADN, April 10, 2018.
• Open eyes and economic analysis needed for a comprehensive Alaska fiscal solution, by Kate Troll, ADN, April 8, 2018.
• State economy and recession. Is it time to start talking about economic recovery?, By Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media, March 9, 2018.
• What do we know to date about the Alaska recession and the fiscal crunch? A Report by ISER at UAA., by Valerie Kern, Alaska Public Media, March 5, 2018.
• Presentation: Economic Trends & Entrepreneurship in AK, Alaska State Legislature, February 21, 2018.
• Here’s the true economic cost of the uncertainty created by the Alaska Legislature, by Charles Wohlforth, ADN, February 18, 2018.
• ISER: recession hitting downstream industries, by Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce, February 14, 2018.
• Construction spending to rise 4 percent in 2018, Bradners’ Alaska Economic Report, February 14, 2018.
• The Case for Free Money, by Tony Mecia, Weekly Standard, February 10, 2018.
• Lisa Murkowski, the #1 Anti-Public Land Lawmaker, by Jake Bullinger, Outside, February 7, 2018.
• Hike in Oil Industry Spending Expected to Boost Alaska Construction Spending in 2018, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, February 1, 2018.
• ISER Professor Mouhcine Guettabi Addresses 30th Alaska State Legislature, by Maria Athens, Your Alaska Link, January 22, 2018.
• Frontiers 133: Juneau 2018: Legislative Crystal Ball, by Rhonda McBride, KTVA Channel 11, January 22, 2018.
• Alaska Governor: Economic recovery tied to bigger state budget, by Rhonda McBride, KTVA Channel 11, January 19, 2018.
• Presentation: Alaska Employment Forecast for 2018, Alaska State Legislature, January 16, 2018.
• Should Alaska finally tap its $63 billion Permanent Fund?, by Jack Carney, KTUU, January 16, 2018.
• How much is uncertainty costing the state of Alaska? by Mouhcine Guettabi, Alaskanomics.com, January 03, 2018.

2017

• Alaska’s Economy Then and Now, by Mouhcine Guettabi, Alaskanomics, November 06, 2017.
• UAA continues to combat teacher turnover in rural Alaskan schools, by Mariah Dejesus-Remaklus, The Northern Light, October 29, 2017.
• Hope for Alaska’s economy, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Public Media, October 13, 2017.
• Does Alaska CRP Make a Difference? by Diwakar Vadapalli, Alaska Children’s Trust Blog, October 4, 2017.
• TitleHow Trump’s tax plan would affect Alaskans, by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media, October 2, 2017.
• Alaska’s economy hasn’t hit bottom yet. But you can see it from here, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, September 25, 2017.
• Instead of fighting global competition, Alaska’s salmon industry is (reluctantly) embracing it, by Jason Margolis, PRI, September 19, 2017.
• Cultural Education in Alaska, by Richard Perry, Alaska Business Monthly, September 6, 2017.
• Teacher turnover costs state millions each year, by Shady Grove Oliver, Bristol Bay Times, July 7, 2017.
• Study indicates boroughs are more dependent on state dollars, by Elizabeth Earl, Peninsula Clarion, July 6, 2017.
• Alaska borough governments depend much more on state money now than a decade ago , by Annie Zak, ADN, June 25, 2017.
• ISER: State payments to local governments doubled over decade, by Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce, June 21, 2017.
• Invasive plants, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Public Radio, June 9, 2017.
• Save our state: Realism and compromise are keys to Alaska’s fiscal fix, by Gunnar Knapp, ADN, June 4, 2017.
• Aquatic invader threatens Alaska lakes, salmon, floatplane traffic, by Tobias Schwoerer, ADN, May 8, 2017.
• Teacher turnover costs Alaska about $20 million a year, study says, by Tegan Hanlon, ADN, April 27, 2017.
• Voices of Alaska: Reducing the impact of invasive elodea on fisheries, by Tobias Schwoerer, Peninsula Clarion, April 20, 2017.
• The budget divide, by Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media, April 17, 2017.
• Results mostly positive with ASD’s fitness trackers, by Daybreak Staff, KTVA, March 23, 2017.
• Arctic research, by Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media, March 20, 2017.
• Panel to review Rep. Tammie Wilson’s claims of ‘legal kidnapping’ at OCS, by Matt Buxton, Newsminer, March 19, 2017.
• Citizens needed to help Alaska’s children, by Diwakar Vadapalli, ADN, March 14, 2017.
• Supporting foster care, by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media, February 27, 2017.
• Understanding Alaska’s recession, by Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Public Media, February 24, 2017.
• Massive budget cuts will kill Alaska jobs, by Kate Troll, Org, February 22, 2017.
• Economist: Proposed state income tax will raise millions, but take away jobs, by Lauren Maxwell, KTVA, February 17, 2017.
• Motivating kids to move, by Tracy Kalytiak, Anchorage Press, February 9, 2017.
• Alaska’s recession will last through 2019, economists tell Legislature, by James Brooks, Juneau Empire, January 20, 2017.
• Economic Outlook, by Mouhcine Guettabi, Alaska Business Monthly, January, 2017.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

2015

• Number of kids repeatedly harmed likely under reported, by Paula Dobbyn, KTUU, December 15, 2015.
• Abuse of Alaska children even worse than grim stats suggest, study says, by Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, December 15, 2015.
• Gov. Walker discusses fiscal plan, proposed state income tax, KTUU, December 9, 2015.
• Can YOU balance the state budget?, by Emily Kwong, KCAW, December 8, 2015.
• Could ‘Frankenfish’ actually benefit wild Alaska salmon?, by Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, December 5, 2015.
• New access to natural resources opening in Arctic, CCTV America, December 3, 2015.
• Alaska budget expert Gunnar Knapp to retire from post as ISER director, by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News, December 2, 2015.
• We’ll have to work together to put Alaska’s fiscal house in order, by Randy Hoffbeck and Scott Goldsmith, Alaska Dispatch News, November 29, 2015.
• New study says standardized pay for Alaska’s teachers would be too expensive, by Tegan Hanlon, ADN, November 16, 2015.
• Low salmon prices push Bristol Bay fishermen to seek state mediator, by Jeannette Lee Falsey, ADN, November 13, 2015.
• Booming Mat-Su nears 100,000 people but may face a future of slower growth, by Zaz Hollander, ADN, November 13, 2015.
• Alaska close to recession, if not there already, economist says, by Jeannette Lee Falsey and Zaz Hollander, ADN, November 13, 2015.
• Number of Alaska children in foster care rises to record level, by Paula Dobbyn, KTUU, October 29, 2015.
• Using research to reach out to kids in peril, Green and Gold News, University of Alaska Anchorage, October 28, 2015.
• Obamacare ‘Cadillac tax’ could hit hard for health plans in high-cost Alaska, by Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, October 18, 2015.
• Episode 22: Alaska’s Fiscal Frontiers, Frontiers with Rhonda McBride, KTVA, September 27, 2015.
• Money Games: Alaskans try their hand at balancing the state budget by Samantha Angaiak, KTUU, September 19, 2015.
• Alaska fiscal forum marked by urgency and options by Devin Kelly, ADN, September 19, 2015.
• Budget-balancing game jazzes up fiscal forum by Alex DeMarban, ADN, September 17, 2015.
• Gunnar Knapp: Experto internacional en mercados del salmón vendrá a Chile, Aqua, September 9, 2015.
• Rural Alaskans could see boost from carbon cutting program, study says by Asaf Shalev, ADN, September 8, 2015.
• The Stingiest State in the Union, The Atlantic, August 31, 2015.
• Survey: Most Alaskans support sales tax, PFD dividend cap, KTUU, August 14, 2015.
• Episode 15: Seldovia, the town that time forgot, Frontiers with Rhonda McBride, KTVA, August 9, 2015.
• Alaska economists say fiscal crisis must be addressed—soon by Matt Buxton, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, August 5, 2015.
• Scott Goldsmith by Shehla Anjum, Alaska Business Monthly, July 31, 2015.
• Alaska gains ground in Kids Count report; let’s keep that progress going by Virgene Hanna, Alaska Dispatch News, July 22, 2015.
• Alaska’s “Kids Count” Stats Show Improvement by Morgan Thomas, Your Alaska Link, July 21, 2015.
• Big Name Brands Arrive in Anchorage by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA Public Radio, July 17, 2015.
• Alaska economy tepid, but not in recession yet, economists say by Jeannette Lee Falsey, Alaska Dispatch News, June 24, 2015.
• Shortchanged By Low Oil Prices, Alaskans Struggle To See A Future Not Financed By Crude by Amy Nordrum, International Business Times, June 18, 2015.
• Conference on budget and Alaska’s future kicks off in Fairbanks by Matt Buxton, Newsminer, June 5, 2015.
• Oil plunge forces soul-searching on how to pay Alaska’s bills by Jennifer Oldham, Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2015.
• Governor’s weekend retreat to look beyond the budget impasse by Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO Public Media, June 4, 2015.
• Haines Borough Proposes Waiving Dock Fees to Lure More Cruise Ships by Margaret Friedenauer, KTOO Public Media, June 2, 2015.
• Economic Costs of Childhood Obesity in Alaska by Dr. Thad Woodard, Alaska Public Media, May 29, 2015.
• Healthcare Costs in Alaska by Monica Gokey, Alaska Public Media, May 22, 2015.
• Beyond Oil: Is Economic Diversification a Solution? by Lee Huskey and Mouhcine Guettabi, Alaska Business Montly (pg 88), May 2015.
• Permanent Fund can lower deficit while checks keep coming, economist says by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News, April 23, 2015.
• Health Care Costs in Alaska by Annie Feidt, Alaska Public Media, April 10, 2015.
• Alaskans, we better wise up before we burn through our savings by Dr. Scott Goldsmith, Alaska Dispatch News, April 9, 2015.
• ISER head: Time for ‘realistic’ budget discussion including taxes, Permanent Fund by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News, March 26, 2015.
• Alaska’s Reserve Funds Are Earning More Money Than Oil by Dermot Cole, Governing, March 17, 2015.
• Alaska’s financial dilemma: Reserve funds lately have earned more money than oil by Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch News, March 16, 2015.
• The changing landscape of ASD: Part 1 by Alexis Fernandez, KTVA Alaska, February 26, 2015.
• University of Alaska plans big push to increase, retain homegrown teachers by Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News, February 1, 2015.
• Economists predict slight decline in construction spending this year by Mike Dunham, Alaska Dispatch News, January 30, 2015.
• Alaska Construction Spending Forecast Down Slightly for 2015, Alaska Business Monthly, January 30, 2015.
• Alaska Faces Lean Budget Times as Oil Prices Plunge by The Associated Press, New York Times, January 18, 2015.
• Online economic model allows Alaskans to play the fiscal-future game by Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch News, January 14, 2015.
• Oil price decline trims $500 million from Alaska government’s previous economic forecast by Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch News, January 12, 2015.
• Forum@360: How Tumbling Oil Prices Affect Everything in Alaska by Jeremy Hsieh, 360 North, January 9, 2015.
• Alaska’s Revenue Shortfall and What to Do About it by Steve Heimel, Alaska Public Media, January 2, 2015.
• Alaska enters 2015 facing $3.4 billion deficit by Dan Carpenter, KTUU, January 1, 2015.

2014

• Some States See Budgets at Risk as Oil Price Falls by Manny Fernandez and Jeremy Alford, New York Times, December 26, 2015.
• As oil prices fall, so do Alaska budget hopes by Kyle Hopkins, Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2014.
• Today’s savings leave Alaska better positioned to weather low oil prices by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News, December 13, 2014.
• Report: High numbers of Alaska children — especially Native children — in foster care by Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, December 3, 2014.
• Panelists suggest cuts, tapping Permanent Fund earnings to solve Alaska’s fiscal woes by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News, October 5, 2014.
• ISER researcher: ACES brings in $1.3 billion more than MAPA over five years by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News, August 8, 2014.
• Southeast, southwest Alaska communities at highest risk from ocean acidification, study says by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, July 29, 2014.
• Oil tax debate packs the house in Anchorage by Casey Grove, Newsminer, July 24, 2014.
• GUEST COMMENTARY: Who do you trust? by Vic Fischer, Alaska Journal of Commerce, July 10, 2014.
• Hometown U: After ‘education session,’ questions on rural schools remain by Kathleen McCoy, Alaska Dispatch News, June 14, 2014.
• Childhood obesity in Alaska will cause future medical costs to swell, study says by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, June 3, 2014.
• Study: Banning alcohol in Alaska villages doesn’t reduce suicide. But more jobs might. by Kyle Hopkins, Alaska Dispatch News, May 6, 2014.
• Alaskanomics’s Blog: SB21: Sense and Nonsense, Alaska Business Monthly, May 6, 2014.
• Economist Goldsmith shares impressive data with the Resource Development Council by Mary Kauffman, SitNews, May 2, 2014.
• UAA Researcher Questions SB21 Opponents’ Claims by Garrett Turner, KTUU, May 1, 2014.