Friday in the Sun (June 14): The Fast Food edition
Still plenty of uncertainty.
On their way out of Juneau, legislators make sure that they’ll get paid
The special session is over, but legislators will be back in July to resolve PFD and capital budget funding
House passes mostly unfunded capital budget after minority Republicans vote down funding
House votes to keep inmates in Alaska, citing cost and risk of sending prisoners to Lower 48
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Crime University: House capital budget also could send inmates to Lower 48 prisons
The money for the practice is also set to come out of the Power Cost Equalization fund.
State says Medicaid payments won’t be interrupted thanks to passage of the budget
There’s just one thing: The budget hasn’t been signed into law yet.
House advances capital budget with $10 million for drug addiction treatment
The money would go to matching grants for the construction of new treatment facilities.
A full veto? Line item vetoes? Dunleavy says everything’s on the table for the budget
A veto of the budget would all but guarantee a government shutdown, unless the Legislature overrides it.
Legislature creates working group for future of PFD: ‘We’re stuck and we’ve gotta find a solution’
There’s no timetable for when the recommendations would be due back.