The Weekly Top 3 (1.19.2026)
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Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of January 19, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain what we will be looking for in the Governor’s proposed fiscal plan he is preparing to roll out as part of his State of the State address Thursday (2:12), 2) we explain why this year’s version of Jansen & Schierhorn’s annual “don’t change SB21” op-ed is missing a paragraph, and discuss why the absence is hugely meaningful (18:20), and 3) we discuss our thoughts about how the Legislature should construct a government spending cap; it is a much different approach than how the current spending caps are constructed (37:00). The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. We join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show, from 6:25–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.
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Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets — for the week of January 19, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain what we will be looking for in the Governor’s proposed fiscal plan he is preparing to roll out as part of his State of the State address Thursday (2:12), 2) we explain why this year’s version of Jansen & Schierhorn’s annual “don’t change SB21” op-ed is missing a paragraph, and discuss why th...
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- 0:00 Show Setup And Weekly Agenda
- 3:15 Stakes For The Governor’s Fiscal Plan
- 6:30 What “Real” Revenues Must Include
- 12:00 Oil Tax Reform: Minimums, GVR, And Loopholes
- 18:30 Restructuring The PFD To 50-50
- 22:30 Broad Sales Tax To Close The Gap
- 26:00 Will Dunleavy Deliver Or Punt
- 28:40 Candidates’ Silence On Fiscal Reality
- 34:00 The Missing Promise In Pro–SB21 Op-Eds
- 40:00 Why Alaska’s Share Is Falling To 2 Percent
- 46:00 Federal Lands, Willow, And No State Royalty
- 50:30 Lobbying, Windfalls, And “Stability” Claims
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