Interim Revenue Commissioner Deven Mitchell is new CEO of Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.
“There was no backroom engineering and there was no communication from the governor’s office,” Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board chairman Ethan Schutt said.
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Perm. Fund board might be bad bosses but didn’t do anything illegal in firing CEO Rodell, investigation finds
The investigation, however, found they didn’t break the law or that Gov. Dunleavy was directly calling the shots on the firing of the exec.
How can Alaska fix its fiscal woes? Take the Permanent Fund away from legislators, says Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins
He said his main goal in putting forward the legislation is because he sees broad agreement on the need to protect the Alaska Permanent Fund from being spent like other now-drained state savings accounts.
Coronavirus-induced market panic erased nearly $3 billion from the Alaska Permanent Fund last week
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation says it could have been far worse.
Berkowitz pitches ‘community dividend’ to Legislature, says Anchorage could take over services
The idea comes as the Anchorage Assembly is considering instituting new taxes to fill the gap left by dwindling state assistance to communities.
Quarterly PFD payments are off the table, for now
“What is the goal of having quarterly payments?” asked one legislator.
AKLEG Recap Day 113: Dunleavy promises not to veto K-12 funding if Legislature makes it available for veto
While FischerMania was running wild in Juneau, here’s what happened.
House advances $8 billion transfer to Permanent Fund’s principal, sponsor calls for stronger protections
Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins says the whole discussion highlights the need to rethink the Alaska Permanent Fund in order to protect as much money from legislators as possible.
Senate Finance advances its 50-50 PFD split, releases reworked spending limit
Despite approving a $3,000 dividend last week, the Senate Finance Committee is pushing ahead with reduced future dividends.
‘You’re starting to play with fire.’ House rep argues for balance in permanent fund transfer
“My goal is that, and I think a goal shared by a lot of people in this body, is that we have enough money protected permanently in the permanent fund that we can continue to argue about how to spend that money 20 years from now,” said Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.