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Working to Alleviate Alaska’s Avgas Anxiety
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 […]
Economic Contributions of Federal Civilian Workers in Alaska
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 […]
New study examines EV feasibility in rural Alaska
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 in the News – 2024
2024
- Alaskans backed a measure to raise the minimum wage and establish sick leave. Now employers are trying to make it work. Anchorage Daily News, December 25, 2024
- New study aims to fill the data gaps on EV use in rural Alaska, Alaska Public Media, December 12, 2012
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 […]
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 […]
Impacts Commercial Fisheries Limitations on Gulf of Alaska Communities
Executive Summary
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 […]
Effects of a Proposed Sales Tax on Anchorage Households
Taxes for higher-income Anchorage residents would increase more than taxes for middle- and lower-income residents under a municipal sales tax initiative proposed by a coalition of Anchorage business and civic leaders. However, middle-income residents would pay three times the percentage of income as higher-income residents, and only one-fourth […]