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Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of February 11, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 are these: 1) our view of what to expect from Governor Dunleavy’s budget and, as importantly, where the #akleg goes from there (at 1:40), 2) why cuts to the University budget are inevitable and completely reasonable (11:02), and 3) the question isn’t if there’s an economic impact from the upcoming budget, but who takes it (23:59).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of February 4, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 are these: 1) Governor Dunleavy’s proposed Constitutional Amendments need some work (at 2:04), 2) a Twitter exchange reveals a critical disconnect in the PFD debate (17:00), and 3) what Governor Dunleavy’s proposed Supplemental Budget rollback tells us about the coming budget battles (24:18).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of January 28, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 are these: (1) What is the dispute between the Dunleavy Administration and the Legislature’s Leg Finance Division over so-called “designated” general funds really about (at 2:12), (2) is the end of Alaska’s recession really on its way as some economists predict — we don’t think it is (22:31), and (3) in our view, where is Rep. Gary Knopp really trying to lead the #akleg in his standoff with other House Republicans (28:22).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of January 21, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 are these: (1) Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed “payback” of past PFD cuts (and why we oppose) (at 1:41), (2) But why we believe preserving future #PFD’s is critical (18:37), and (3) a quick primer on a #FlatTax, what we think is a better alternative going forward than PFD cuts (29:40).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of January 14, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week Michael and I start the segment with a brief discussion of the accreditation issues at UAA’s College of Education (at 2:02) before turning to the Top 3.

Once we do, the Top 3 are these: (1) our look out at the Alaska budget over the next 10 years, why we are coming to believe taxes are inevitable and why we favor flat taxes once we start down that road (5:35); (2) Journal of Commerce editor Andrew Jensen zeroes in on the broader consequences of HB 331 in a recent editorial and they aren’t good (29:36); and (3) in her preview of the session, SFIN Co-Chair Natasha Von Imhof tells Alaskans how the Alaska Senate Majority envisions using ALASKANS’ PFD’s as sort of a forced “Pick, Click & Give” (40:54).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 — our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week — for the week of December 17, 2018.

For those that follow, this is our final podcast of 2018. We will resume the week of January 7, 2019.

The Weekly Top 3 is a regular segment on The Michael Dukes Show. I join Michael on the Show each Tuesday from, now 6:20-7am for a discussion between the two of us about the three issues. The Show broadcasts on FacebookLive and via streaming audio from the Show’s website  weekdays from 6-8am.

This week our Top 3 issues are these: (1) our thoughts on the Dunleavy Administration’s revenue forecast and budget proposal (at 2:00); (2) our view of what the new Dunleavy Administration should be doing with the #AKLNG project (19:47); and (3) what the 2017 federal tax cut, 2018 spending bill & resulting huge federal deficit mean for the U.S. economy in the coming year (27:00).

And then at the end, because this is our last segment of 2018, Michael asks for our final thoughts on 2018 and how we see the playing field in the New Year (31:40).

The segment is at the YouTube clip above. For those that prefer the audio version, it is available on our Soundcloud page here. For this and other complete podcasts of The Michael Dukes Show, go to the Show’s Soundcloud page here.