AKPIRG Research

Read the reports published by AKPIRG experts

Economic Justice


Medical Debt in Alaska

By Graham Downey
February 2024

MANA Payday Jubilee Report

By Erin Baldwin Day, Graham Downey
February 2024

Statistical Analysis of Rent Price Increases in the Municipality of Anchorage Since 2018

By Stella Newell
August 2024

Wage Theft: Wage Claims in Alaska

By Veri di Suvero
March 2019

Language Access


Alaska Native Language Translation Protocols

Full Report

By Annauk Olin, Rochelle Adams, Erin Willahan, and Veri di Suvero
July 2023

Alaska Native Language Translation Protocols

2-pager

By Annauk Olin, Rochelle Adams, Erin Willahan, and Veri di Suvero
July 2023

Energy


Making Alaskans Whole:

How Regulations Can Restore the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Lands & Recover Billions for the Public

Full Article - Alaska Law Review

By Catherine Rocchi, Philip Wight, Michael Loughran
July 2025

Making Alaskans Whole:

How Regulations Can Restore the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Lands & Recover Billions for the Public

2-pager

By Catherine Rocchi, Philip Wight, Michael Loughran
July 2025

Energy Burden in Alaska

Full Report

University of Washington Center for Environmental Health and Equity, Alaska Public Interest Research Group, Native Movement, and Cook Inletkeeper
April 2025

Energy Burden in Alaska

2-pager

University of Washington Center for Environmental Health and Equity, Alaska Public Interest Research Group, Native Movement, and Cook Inletkeeper
April 2025

Quantifying state subsidies to south-central natural gas production

By Ben Boettger
May 2022

Broadband


Broadband Basics

By Ashlyn Johnson
February 2021

Good Government


Forward & Backward: The 2020 Redistricting Cycle and the Public’s Impact

By AKPIRG
October 2025

Payday Lending in Alaska

By Claire Estelle Lubke
September 2025

Partner Reports

2023 Rural Policy Action Report

Rural Democracy Initiative, with contributions from AKPIRG

Visions of Digital Equity

Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, with contributions from AKPIRG

Regenerative Economies: A Guide to a Thriving Alaska

Alaska Just Transition Collective, with AKPIRG contributions