Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind this week - for the week of February 1, 2021.This week our Top 3 are these: 1) the Senate Finance hearings are revealing a lot about where members think the state's fiscal situation is headed (1:56); 2) the ADN editorial page entirely ignores what we believe is the fundamental problem driving some to push for excess Permanent Fund draws (20:16), and 3) some clarifications during the week have reduced concerns about the near term impact on Alaska of the Biden Administration's recent orders on federal lands (28:23).

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.