Senate’s $1,000 COVID-19 dividend would leave out first-time PFD applicants
The dividend goes to recipients of the 2019 dividend.
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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.
Senate ups dividend to $3,000 during floor vote then fails to pass it
It could return for a successful vote later in the week.
Senate advances a $1,600 dividend in new bill that depletes one savings account and guts another
The bill could free up the budget to be passed ahead of the potential shutdown.
The $3,000 PFD survives in Senate budget, but future of the dividend remains uncertain
The $3,000 dividend lives on, for now.
Week ahead: Senators move ahead with all-in PFD plan. Are they serious?
It was a surprise move, but with a full vote of the Senate and a conference committee with the House still ahead it’s also far from final.
AKLEG Day 98: Senate rolls out budget with full funding for school bond debt program
Here’s what happened on Day 98.
AKLEG Day 50: Dunleavy’s PFD repayment plan has residency requirements that are likely unconstitutional
The 50th day of the Alaska Legislature is in the books. Finance subcommittees continued the grind, we heard more from the public on the PFD…
AKLEG Day 49: Sexual assault bill targeting ‘Schneider loopholes’ advances in Senate
The bill is tailored to address multiple issues raised in the no-jail sentence of Justin Schneider for a shocking 2017 kidnapping and sexual assault on a woman.
AKLEG Day 44: Senate Republicans say no rubber stamp for Dunleavy’s criminal justice rollback
Senators said they’d rather get it right than do it fast. They also acknowledged that Alaska’s crime problems aren’t entirely SB 91’s fault.