The Weekly Top 3

Podcast by Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets. Our top 3 issues each week in the world of Alaska oil, gas & fiscal policy.

The Weekly Top 3 is a news podcast hosted by Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets, with 461 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets hosts The Weekly Top 3, a news show with 461 episodes published.

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  The Weekly Top 3

  The Weekly Top 3 (9.28.2026)

  Sep 29, 202654 min

  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 in UGF revenues being created by tax expenditures (2:10), 2) we do some dollar tracing to determine in whose pockets the dollars being diverted from middle income Alaska households through PFD cuts are ending up (21:08), and 3) we discuss the push for increased state spending on childcare, whose pockets the dollars are likely to come from and a new study that helps explain the impact of taking those dollars from middle-income households (39:53). 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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  The Weekly Top 3 (9.21.2026)

  Sep 22, 202655 min

  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 issue of Permanent Fund structure during the Commonwealth North debate (2:10), 2) we make a correction to a comment we made on last week's show about household income levels and then explain how we use those in analyzing the impact of PFD cuts (18:35), and 3) we use a recent op-ed to explain why the solution some see to making Alaska more affordable for a select few makes it less affordable for a lot of others (36:48). 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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  The Weekly Top 3 (9.14.2026)

  Sep 15, 202655 min

  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 state legislative races are helping us decide what to do in the Governor's race (2:06), 2) we explain a new question that this year's candidates should be asked as we enter the final stretch to test their knowledge of the state budget and, as a candidate, their fiscal approach to the state deficits (19:44), and 3) we look at the current version of the budget charts Ross Perot used in his 1992 campaign for President to explain why its time for someone to make the same effort again (38:30). 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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  The Weekly Top 3 (9.7.2026)

  Sep 11, 202654 min

  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 way so that their impact on other spending categories and revenue requirements is clear (2:18), 2) we discuss why a recent headline and story in the Alaska Beacon about the supplemental $115 million for K-12 is hugely misleading, and what the revenue source really is (16:39), and 3) we explain why the federal initiative to streamline federal permitting in the NPRA is a big step in the right direction and, if done correctly, should help narrow litigation and speed up exploration and development (36:52). 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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  The Weekly Top 3 (8.31.2026)

  Sep 1, 202655 min

  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 Southcentral utilities seem to be working things out for this winter, but explain the big question mark that continues to apply to the winters beyond (18:16), and 3) we explain why, from a fiscal standpoint, the APFC should be among the first things on which the next Governor focuses (36:14). 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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