The Weekly Top 3 (2.16.2026)

The Weekly Top 3 (2.16.2026)

From The Weekly Top 3 by Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets

February 17, 2026 · 54 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the top three issues concerning Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets for the week of February 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 explain how recent data from the Permanent Fund Corporation itself demonstrates why the goal of the proposed one-account Permanent Fund Constitutional amendment is to open a back door into the Permanent Fund corpus (16:22), and 3) we discuss our comparison of the impact of PFD cuts and the Governor's proposed sales taxes by legislative district and how it shows that, in virtually all of them, using a sales tax leaves more money in the pockets of the median Alaska household (36:35).

People in this episode

Host: Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets

Topics covered

  • PFD actions
  • Permanent Fund Constitutional amendment
  • sales tax comparison

Keywords

  • PFD
  • House Finance Committee
  • Permanent Fund
  • sales tax
  • Alaska households

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: House Finance Committee, Permanent Fund Corporation

Places: Alaska

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