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Prop 2 Debate
The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska’s Next Governor, On the Record
Alaska’s Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control
Fiscal Forum: Half of Alaska’s Recent Growth Came From Washington
Energy Forum: This Time, the Gas Line Has a Deadline
Alaska’s 8(a) Economy – What’s At Stake
Fiscal Policy: Revisiting The Permanent Fund Compact
Ice, Iron, and Infrastructure: The Arctic and Alaska’s Maritime Future
Economic Forum: $100K Without A BA
Fiscal Policy: The Tax Policies On The Table
Fiscal Policy: State of The State Debate
Economic Forum: Positioning Alaska For Growth
District Dialogues: Triumphs, Trials, and Transformations
Commonwealth North Raises $36,000 in Spontaneous Paddle Raise for Typhoon-Affected Western Alaska Families
Impact Analysis: Pension Reform Forum
A Sustainable State Budget: Economic Fiscal Policy Design Co-LAB Report
Energy On The Edge: Future of Cook Inlet Gas
Federal Spending Shifts Reshape Alaska’s Economic Outlook
Alaska’s Education Crisis: Teachers, Funding, and a Community’s Resolve
Meet Ross Johnston – Our New Executive Director!
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation: Performance and Outlook
Education Policy Spotlight: Funding Public Education in Alaska – Formulas and Fundamentals
The State of the Alaska Housing Market
ICYMI: Positioning Alaska for the Carbon Markets
ICYMI: House Ways & Means
ICYMI: Reporting Alaska
ICYMI: Makushin Geothermal Project Update
ICYMI: Constitutionalizing the Dividend
ICYMI: A Spending Cap that Works
ICYMI: Energy Frontiers: Microreactors, Storage and more
ICYMI: Legislative Finance’s Analysis of the Governor’s FY2024 Budget
ICYMI: A Deeper Dive on the Governor’s FY2024 Budget Proposal
Getting a bead on the FY2024 state budget
September 29: Alaska’s Infrastructure
August 18: Open Primaries: The California Experience
July 30: Fiscal Policy: Alaskan Awareness and Attitudes on Fiscal Policy Proposals
July 16: Fiscal Policy: Sen. Natasha von Imhof – Fiscal Plan for Alaska
July 9: Fiscal Policy: Rep. Adam Wool – Fiscal Plan for Alaska
July 7: D.C. Update with Congressman Don Young
June 4: Makushin Geothermal: Powering the Future in Unalaska
May 12: Carbon Dividends: A Bipartisan Climate Solution
April 21: CWN’s 15th Annual Review of Alaska Assets
April 2 Energy Policy Study Group
March 12: Energy Policy Study Group
March 3: Alaska Seafood: Markets, Players, and Issues
February 26: Energy Policy Study Group Innovative Energy Solutions for Alaska
February 24: State of the University
February 2: Fiscal Policy Study Group
February 3: Lessons Learned in Ranked Choice Voting
January 20th: The Military and Coast Guard in Alaska
January 15th, 2021 Fiscal Policy Study Group
January 13th, 2021 Arctic Policy Study Group
January 8th, 2021 Fiscal Policy Study Group
December 16: Legislative Agenda 2021, Annual Legislator Meet and Greet
December 4th: Energy Policy Study Group
October 14th: Arctic Policy Study Group
October 9th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
October 14th: CWN Forum with Senator Lisa Murkowski
September 30: Arctic Policy Study Group
September 30th: Alaska’s Economy in the time of COVID
September 24th: Food Security Study Group
CWN Launches New Alaska Budget Website
September 17th: Food Security Study Group
Sept 2nd: Arctic Policy Study Group
September 11: Energy Policy Study Group
Sept 2nd: Alaska’s Competitiveness in Global Oil and Gas Markets
August 26th: Arctic Policy Study Group
August 13: Food Security Study Group
August 12: Arctic Policy Study Group
August 6th: Food Policy Study Group
August 26th:Elections Matter: Does Alaska Need Election Reform?
July 29th, Arctic Policy Study Group
July 10th: Energy Action Coalition
July 10th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
July 8th: Arctic Policy Study Group
June 18th: Food Security Study Group
Thursday, June 11th: Food Security Study Group
May 27th: America’s Arctic Strategy
May 29th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
May 15th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
May 8th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
April 29th: 14 Annual Review of Alaska’a Assets
April 3rd: Fiscal Policy Study Group
Online Energy Action Coalition April 3rd
April 1st Online: How Permanent is Permanent?
Fiscal Policy Study Group Online
March 20th: Fiscal Policy Study Group Online
Postponed: Election Reform: Does Alaska Need It?
February 21st: Energy Action Coalition
February 21st: Fiscal Policy Study Group
February 28th: Energy Action Coalition
February 12th: The Permanent Fund’s Alaska Investment Program
February 5th Energy Action Coalition
January 31st: Fiscal Policy Study Group
January 24th: Energy Action Coalition
January 17th – Energy Action Coalition
January 17th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
January 15th Governor Mike Dunleavy
January 10th: Energy Action Coalition
January 10th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
December 18th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
December 6th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
December 11: Legislator Meet & Greet
November 8th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
Friday November 1st, Fiscal Policy Study Group
Friday November 1st: Energy Action Coalition
Friday, October 25th: Energy Action Coalition
November 8th: A Debate About Alaska’s Financial Future
October 11th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
September 27th: Energy Action Coalition
September 11th: Food Security Study Group
September 13th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
October 2nd: 2019 Walter J. Hickel and William A. Egan Awards Gala
September 4th: Food Security Study Group
September 13th: Closing the Rural Broadband Gap
August 28th: Food Security Study Group
August 23rd: Energy Action Coalition
August 16th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
August 21st: Breakfast with the Chairman of the NEH
August 9th: Food Security Study Group
August 2nd: Fiscal Policy Study Group
July 29: Evening Reception
July 26th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
July 26th: Energy Action Coalition
July 24th: Food Security Study Group
Energy and Natural Resource Policy Update with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski
July 10th: Food Security Study Group
July 12th: Alaska Debt Study Group
June 26th: Food Security Study Group
June 21st: Energy Action Coalition
June 12th: Food Security Study Group
June 21st: Fiscal Policy Study Group
June 7th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
June 5th: Food Security Study Group
Postponed – May 29 Food Security Study Group
May 31st: Energy Action Coalition
May 22nd: Food Security Study Group
May 17th: Energy Action Coalition w/ Gov. Murkowski
May 17th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
May 15h: Food Security Study Group
May 10th: Energy Action Coalition
Postponed: Fiscal Policy Study Group May 10th
May 8th: Food Security Study Group
Postponed: Fiscal Policy Study Group
May 1st: Food Security Study Group
April 24th: POSTPONED Food Security Study Group
April 26th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
April 12th: Energy Action Coalition
April: 12th Fiscal Policy Study Group
April 25th: Enhancing the University’s Land Grant
Fiscal Policy Study Group: April 5th
April 5th: Energy Action Coalition
March 29th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
March 15th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
March 4th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
March 1: Fiscal Policy Study Group
March 21st: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care
February 15th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
February 20th: A Shareholder’s Report for Alaskans – CWN’s 13th Annual Alaska’s Assets Review
January 25th: Fiscal Policy Study Group
January 18: Fiscal Policy Study Group
January 11: Fiscal Policy Study Group – Senator von Imhof
December 18th: Energy Action Coalition
December 7th: Energy Action Coalition
December 7th: Fiscal Policy Study Group – Permanent Fund Study
