Overspending from the Permanent Fund and years of lost oil revenue are pushing the state toward a preventable budget crisis.

Learn how Alaska residents receive annual dividends from the Alaska Permanent Fund, with payouts averaging $1,229, potentially enhancing your long-term financial growth.

The nearly $90 billion Permanent Fund is outperforming similar large funds on a risk-adjusted basis, investment consultants with the firm Callan told lawmakers this week.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s exterior sign. There’s a nearly 50-50 chance that the Alaska Permanent Fund won’t have enough spendable money to pay dividends and the state’s bills at least once ...

Fifty years ago, Alaskan voters amended the state constitution to set aside a portion of the state’s revenues from oil and minerals, establishing the Alaska Permanent Fund to benefit all generations ...

In November 1976, after graduating from high school, I went to the polls, and along with more than 75,000 Alaskans, voted yes on Proposition 2. This vote created Alaska’s Permanent Fund. It continues ...

The offices of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen Monday, June 6, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) I strongly oppose the change to Alaska’s Constitution to allow ...

The Alaska Permanent Fund, the No. 1 source of general-purpose revenue for state services and the Permanent Fund dividend, suffered a multibillion-dollar loss during last week’s stock market crash.

The Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) convened its Quarterly Meeting on December 17, 2025, in Juneau and online. Key discussions included the Fund’s performance, ...

Alaska has seen this movie before: oil prices spike, politicians celebrate and Juneau starts figuring out how fast it can spend the money. The U.S. attack on Iran has pushed global oil prices ...

Bart LeBon misuses, abuses, twists and distorts the word “safeguard” in his Aug. 11 Community Perspective proposing changes to the Alaska Constitution. Rather than safeguard, his proposal endangers. I ...