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 […]
AACA Testifies to the Alaska House Transportation Committee
The Executive Director of the AACA, Will Day, collaborated with Troy LaRue, Director of Alaska’s Statewide Aviation Division of the DOT, Dan Knesek […]
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 […]
A new study sheds light on the benefits and implications of the use of electric vehicles in rural Alaska.
Electric vehicles, or EVs, are widely […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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