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The Weekly Top 3
by Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets
Podcast by Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets. Our top 3 issues each week in the world of Alaska oil, gas & fiscal policy.
Episodes
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The Weekly Top 3 (10.12.2026)
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 October 12, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why, even with this year’s higher oil prices, the state isn’t on track to producing a budget...
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The Weekly Top 3 (10.5.2026)
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 October 5, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss whether, between President Trump's announcement and South Korea's response, there was any real...
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The Weekly Top 3 (9.28.2026)
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 September 21, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) using the Legislative Finance Division’s “swoop” chart as a base, we examine the scale of the reduction…
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The Weekly Top 3 (9.21.2026)
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 September 21, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how Republican gubernatorial candidates Dave Bronson & Treg Taylor fell for a trap on the…
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The Weekly Top 3 (9.14.2026)
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 September 14, 2026. The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how the trends in the...
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The Weekly Top 3 (9.7.2026)
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 September 7, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why “incentives” are just another name for state spending, and why we should treat them that…
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The Weekly Top 3 (8.31.2026)
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 August 31, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss what we will be doing the remainder of this election cycle (2:05), 2) we discuss how the...
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The Weekly Top 3 (8.24.2026)
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 August 24, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain that while many candidates say they are concerned about middle-class “affordability,” most really...
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The Weekly Top 3 (8.17.2026)
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 August 17, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss why, from our perspective, we haven’t seen any fiscally conservative candidates in this election...
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The Weekly Top 3 (8.10.2026)
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 August 10, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the irresponsible pandering being engaged in by most, if not all, of the candidates for Governor;...
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The Weekly Top 3 (8.3.2026)
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 August 3, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss some potentially troublesome developments with ANS oil prices (1:59), 2) we review some of the...
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.27.2026)
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 July 27, 2026. The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss Enstar's petition for...
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.20.2026)
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 July 20, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the results (that will surprise many) from comparing the income tax rate on middle-income Alaska...
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.13.2026)
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 July 13, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we update our look at the Permanent Fund Corporation from the information contained in its most recent...
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The Weekly Top 3 (7.6.2026)
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 July 6, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss a recent example of where the K-12 industry’s expectations have become unreasonable (2:00), 2) we...
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The Weekly Top 3 (6.29.2026)
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 June 29, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we outline the state's deeply unsettling fiscal outlook, even if spending growth is held to inflation from…
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The Weekly Top 3 (6.22.2026)
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 June 22, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why, by following a one-way fiscal policy that favors spending over revenues, Governor Dunleavy is...
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The Weekly Top 3 (6.15.2026)
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 June 15, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain the reason why the Bullet Line (now called Phase 1 of the #AKLNG project) has never been built and...
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The Weekly Top 3 (6.8.2026)
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 June 8, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the potential of ending up stuck in Phase 1 of the #AKLNG project poses an unacceptable risk to...
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The Weekly Top 3 (6.1.2026)
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 June 1, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss yesterday’s filing deadline, who filed for office, who didn’t, and what the result means for…
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The Weekly Top 3 (5.25.2026)
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 May 25, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the more we learn about how Phase 1 of the AKLNG project is intended to work, the more concerned...
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The Weekly Top 3 (5.18.2026)
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 May 18, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the effort yesterday by some to use the gasline bill permanently to divert revenues to their favored...
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The Weekly Top 3 (4.27.2026)
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 April 27, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why we believe the Governor should veto, and the Legislature should uphold his veto of the defined...
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The Weekly Top 3 (4.20.2026)
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 April 20, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we analyze where the FY26 and FY27 budgets currently stand, focusing on the revenue sources that are being…
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The Weekly Top 3 (4.13.2026)
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 April 13, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the way the legislative R’s are handling the PFD debate is a certain loser, and consider…
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The Weekly Top 3 (4.6.2026)
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 April 6, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the absolute hypocrisy being exhibited on all sides during the recent debates on the PFD issue in…
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The Weekly Top 3 (3.30.2026)
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 March 30, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the projected FY27 oil revenue windfall seems to be burning a hole in legislators’ pockets...
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The Weekly Top 3 (3.23.2026)
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 March 23, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we examine what last week's successful NPRA lease sale means for Alaska (1:58), 2) we discuss the source and...
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The Weekly Top 3 (3.16.2026)
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 March 16, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the ongoing debate in the House over the funding source for the FY26 Supplemental (1:54), 2) we...
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The Weekly Top 3 (3.9.2026)
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 March 9, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how SB 274 — the Senate Finance Committee’s proposal to reduce the level of the annual POMV draw…
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The Weekly Top 3 (3.2.2026)
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 March 2, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why the Legislature should use the rolling 10-year average oil price in preparing the FY27 budget,...
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The Weekly Top 3 (2.23.2026)
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 February 23, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the action taken by Senate Resources this past week on oil taxes and why we think its...
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The Weekly Top 3 (2.16.2026)
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 February 16, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss what the House Finance Committee is up to with its recent actions on the PFD (2:16), 2) we...
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The Weekly Top 3 (2.9.2026)
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 February 9, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how the response of the House Finance Committee to the Governor’s proposed fiscal plan badly…
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The Weekly Top 3 (2.2.2026)
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 February 2, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how the new ISER study shows, by shifting a significant part of the responsibility for revenue…
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The Weekly Top 3 (1.26.2026)
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 26, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) now that all of the pieces have been filed, we explain and start to analyze Governor Dunleavy’s proposed...
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The Weekly Top 3 (1.19.2026)
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…
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The Weekly Top 3 (1.12.2026)
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 12, 2026. This week, we are using the segment to discuss our Top 5 fiscal priorities for this coming legislative session: In the first part of the segment (at...
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The Weekly Top 3 (1.5.2026)
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 5, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss what we view as the single most important fiscal issue facing the legislature this coming session...
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The Weekly Top 3 (12.15.2025)
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 December 15, 2025. For those who follow us, this is our last podcast for 2025. After taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays, we will return on January 6, 2026....
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The Weekly Top 3 (12.8.2025)
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 December 8, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why neither the “fair share” nor “all we need is more development” sides of the oil tax debate…
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The Weekly Top 3 (12.1.2025)
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 December 1, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss the significant uncertainty regarding oil price, and with that oil revenues, that the…
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The Weekly Top 3 (11.24.2025)
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 November 24, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we catch up on some recent developments affecting the Cook Inlet gas market (2:00), 2) we catch up also on...
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The Weekly Top 3 (11.17.2025)
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 November 17, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss why revenues — where the money is supposed to come from — should be an equal part of the...
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The Weekly Top 3 (11.10.2025)
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 November 10, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain what, to us, seems missing so far from this year’s Governor’s race (2:02); 2) we explain what...
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The Weekly Top 3 (11.3.2025)
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 November 3, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss a stunner: how Alaska takes more as a share of income from its middle & lower-income families…
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The Weekly Top 3 (10.27.2025)
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 October 27, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain why Legislators should ask those pushing for more spending to clarify at the same time how the...
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The Weekly Top 3 (10.20.2025)
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 October 20, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) following up on recent comments by House Speaker Bryce Edgmon about the situation in western Alaska, we ask...
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The Weekly Top 3 (10.13.2025)
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 October 13, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss EIA’s most recent oil price forecast, why the oil futures market is starting to trend the same...
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The Weekly Top 3 (10.6.2025)
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 October 6, 2025. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we explain how the current candidates for Governor have lost sight of former Governor Jay Hammond’s vision…
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Podcast by Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets. Our top 3 issues each week in the world of Alaska oil, gas & fiscal policy.
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