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Federal Spending Shifts Reshape Alaska’s Economic Outlook

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On May 1, 2025, Commonwealth North, ISER, and Build Alaska’s Future co-hosted a virtual economic forum featuring ISER economists discussing Alaska’s economic trajectory in light of federal policy changes by the current administration. Titled “How Shifting […]

Economic Contributions of Federal Civilian Workers in Alaska

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On March 12, Brock Wilson presented to the House Judiciary Committee on federal employment in Alaska. During the presentation, he discussed key insights related to the economic contributions of federal civilian workers in Alaska, emphasizing the role federal employees play in […]

2025-03-19T11:39:26-08:00March 19th, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

New ISER study finds Alaska’s K-12 education spending is not keeping pace with other states, or with inflation

ISER researchers Matt Berman and Dayna DeFeo have released a new report updating their previous analyses of Alaska’s current per-pupil education spending. The report is available here: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/15717

In 2022, K-12 schools in Alaska spent $20,191 per student for current operations, which was […]

2025-02-26T12:41:39-09:00February 26th, 2025|Categories: News, Research Matters|Tags: , , , |

UPDATE: Effects of a Proposed Sales Tax on Anchorage Households

UPDATE: Since this report was released, the Assembly has been considering modifications to the sales tax proposal, and it could be modified further before it is placed on the ballot for a vote. for the most up-to-date version of the sales tax proposal, please visit: https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/Project-Anchorage-Sales-Tax-Proposal.aspx. In […]

2024-12-10T18:10:23-09:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: News, Research Matters|Tags: , , |

Impacts Commercial Fisheries Limitations on Gulf of Alaska Communities

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The purpose of this report is to document economic and demographic changes for communities of the Gulf of Alaska, Southcentral Alaska, and Southeast Alaska over the period of 1950 to 2023. Over this period several major changes were made to the way that State and Federal commercial fisheries were […]

2024-11-20T10:47:25-09:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: News, Research Matters|Tags: , , , |
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