Legislators skeptical of Dunleavy’s budgeting
ork in understanding the budget, they plan to cut through the election-year rhetoric to understand what’s really going on once you take off the rose-colored glasses.
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Rodell says firing was ‘political retribution’ as Dunleavy maintains claim of ignorance
The comments mark the first time that Rodell has spoken publicly about the firing, which took many by surprise given the fund’s strong performance under her management. Rodell’s accusations that politics had something to do with her firing aligns with much of the chatter about the abrupt firing. There’s been broad bipartisan interest in the Legislature to get to the bottom of the firing, which includes am Alaska Legislative and Budget Committee hearing planned for next Monday, the day before the start of the 2022 legislative session.
RETTIG: Oil, it’s time to date other people
You can almost hear the sighs of relief across Alaska each time oil prices tick up. This is good for Alaska, right? Actually, no. Because instead of forcing us to diversify our economy. This blip allows us to kick back, relax, and continue our monogamous relationship with oil–when we really need to be dating around.
Comic: Graveyard of Budget Solutions
It’s aliiiiiiiiiiiiive!
The special session trudges to its logical, pointless conclusion
Save for a handful of hearings by the underappreciated House Ways and Means Committee, the special session has done little except wear out what little patience remains in the Legislature, run up per diem payments and drive a wedge between the already-related-in-name-only moderate and far-right Republicans.
$1,100 PFD emerges after bitter fight in the House
“Something is not a compromise merely because one says it’s a compromise,” said Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage.
PFD will be delayed as legislators, governor angle for leverage
It’s likely that this whole thing could end up in the court again while Alaskans are left waiting for resolution.
Court ruling could have doubled this year’s PFD… if Dunleavy hadn’t already vetoed it
In a deeply wonky combination of last-minute maneuvering and a recent ruling, there would have been nearly twice as much money available for this year’s dividend. It would have been $1,025 instead of the $525. Right now, though, it’s zero.
Legislature’s bipartisan baby steps run into instant gratification problem
Now that the state is starting to work out the basics of a new fiscal plan, the governor argues we should start paying out larger dividends even though that plan is far from a reality.
The Senate Finance Committee has had it with Dunleavy’s ‘petty political game’
Don’t mess with the Legislature’s per diem.