...money for essential public services by taxing their own residents. It wouldn't make sense for the state to hoard surplus oil money when cities and boroughs have to squeeze their taxpayers to meet growing costs. Welcome as the proposed funding...

...principal of the Alaska Permanent Fund to increase future dividends. The money would come from the $1.12 billion in surplus oil money the Alaska Department of Revenue expects for the next fiscal year. The one-time deposit could add $10 to each...

...plan is probably good politics, but it's a hideously expensive, dangerously short-sighted use of the state's surplus oil money. Giving every Alaskan - man, woman and child - an extra $1,200 for energy bills in the coming year follows a...