House majority’s handling of budget debate compared to Pearl Harbor attack, tyranny and Jim Crow laws.
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House passes bill intended to curb opioid overdose deaths
House Bill 159 would cut the number of days’ supply of opioid pills in a single prescription.
New version of Permanent Fund bill would require income tax, oil tax hike
Homer Republican Rep. Paul Seaton says the committee made the change to avoid a potential lawsuit challenging a House proposal.
House majority and minority offer new plans for budget future
The co-chairmen of the House Finance Committee revised their plans to introduce an income tax to Alaska for the first time in nearly four decades.
Now in minority, House Republicans fail to cut budget
The Republican House caucus is pushing to cut the state government budget. But they no longer hold the majority. Instead of shrinking, the House version of the budget has actually grown.
Short-lived proposition to cut funds for Alaska’s gasline corporation dies in committee
Some lawmakers say gasline corporation should use capital funds, not operating budget money.
New House minority Republicans vent, claim they’re sidelined in budget process
If the Legislature wanted to, it could spend Permanent Fund earnings by a simple majority vote.
Bill offers new option for PFDs: paying state income taxes
Employers could deduct state income tax payments from workers’ paychecks. But if workers prefer to pay with PFDs, they could ask their employers to deduct less money each pay period.
Bill would bring back income tax, draw Permanent Fund money for state budget
Seaton said the income tax provides balance by requiring higher-income residents to contribute, while the PFD cut affects lower-income residents more.
Democratic and nonaffiliated legislative candidates top Republicans in post-primary fundraising
The chairman of the Alaska Republican Party says the majority of the nonaffiliated candidates are actually affiliated with Democrats.