It’s not clear how deeply Gov. Mike Dunleavy will cut using the line-item veto. Medicaid, the university and school bond debt reimbursement are the areas with the biggest increases over what he proposed.
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US House calls for more research on ocean acidification
Ocean acidification makes oceans more corrosive to crabs, clams and creatures at the bottom of the food chain, with impacts that reach all the way up.
Alaska House passes compromise budget, leaving action on PFD to Senate
If the Senate passes the budget bill on Monday as expected, it would go to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s desk later this week. If he signs it, it would avoid a state government shutdown on July 1.
Protected Alaska Permanent Fund would grow by $10.5B under committee proposal
A major change could be coming to how the state pays to equalize the cost of energy in parts of the state with high power bills.
Budget deadlock could delay Medicaid payments to health care providers
Health care advocates say nursing homes and behavioral health providers are among those who may not have large cash reserves to cover costs during a delay.
PFD rally brings out Dunleavy’s ardent Mat-Su supporters
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy held a “Rally to Restore the PFD” Thursday night in Wasilla. Upwards of 300 people attended the event.
Have Alaska’s US lawmakers read the Mueller report? We asked.
No one in Alaska’s congressional delegation has read the complete Mueller report. Not yet, anyway.
Murkowski ‘not inclined to be supportive’ of Trump’s Mexico tariff
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says her Republican colleagues are not happy with President Trump’s plan to impose a 5% tariff on all goods from Mexico.
Bill to fund $3,000 PFD fails narrowly in Alaska Senate
The Senate could reconsider the bill as soon as Friday. The bill would require an additional $1.3 billion in combined cuts to state spending and savings.
Bill would provide $1,600 dividends, with aim of growing permanent fund
Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Monday he would veto the Senate bill. He supports following the traditional PFD formula set in 1982.