Another mistake? Dunleavy’s postponed special session doesn’t include this year’s PFD
It can be added, but as of right now there’s no vehicle to pay out this year’s PFD on the table—or restore the Power Cost Equalization program.
the budget
Sound off: Legislature hits the road to hear from Alaskans on future of PFD, budget
Care about the future of the PFD? The future of the state services? The future of taxes? Or how about whether there’ll even be a future?
Groh: The cockpit standoff and the need to land the plane
A good ol’ standoff.
With new taxes on the table, legislators examine existing taxes and exemptions
The state foregoes more than $1 billion a year in revenue due to dozens of credits and exemptions set in state law.
Dunleavy has made a real mess of things, but at least there’s a silver lining
Dunleavy had hoped to keep $4 billion ready to spend but a screw up with the budget means that money will be socked away forever.
Shutdown averted. House approves key vote on budget, fiscal plan working group
The budget now heads to the governor.
Dunleavy’s solution to a ‘defective’ budget and looming shutdown? Surprise! It’s a $2,300 PFD.
Money fixes all problems.
Amid pleas to ‘get a grip,’ Senate overcomes GOP revolt to barely pass a budget that leaves much unsettled
In a remarkable turn, two of the Senate’s Republican leaders—Sens. Shelley Hughes and Mia Costello—turned on the budget deal that their own caucus’ budget negotiators had reached.
In night of excuses, House Republicans vote against budget, the PFD, PCE, scholarships and oil credits
The dividend is set at $525 as dozens of other programs face an uncertain future.
Legislature’s proposed budget fix spreads the pain of failure broadly. That’s the point.
While rejecting the three-quarter vote in years past may have spared the far-right Republicans the pain of their actions, today’s plan seeks to make the consequences of the failed vote felt widely. Not only would the dividend be cut in half but tens of millions of dollars designed for projects in the Mat-Su—everything from road repaving and road access to repairs to the Houston Middle School and the roof of the Palmer Veterans’ and Pioneers Home—would be halted.