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 discussion of the Legislature’s Task Force on Education Funding (2:15 ); 2) we explain why the Alaska fiscal policy debate sounds a lot like two kids fighting: it’s your fault, no, it’s your fault (19:24 ); and 3) we explain why the pre-session “priorities” discussions between local bodies and their legislators should be a two-way conversation, which includes a segment on “who pays” (37:51 ).

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.