As the state legislature prepares to meet in special session starting August 16th, a group of legislators is working to find a solution to the Permanent Fund Dividend and the state’s budget crisis.
On Tuesday, July 6th, the Alaska legislature announced the formation of a fiscal policy working group designed to find a long-term solution for the Permanent Fund Dividend.
Certain programs in the State of Alaska are seeing their funding stop as the state legislature failed to meet the three-fourths vote requirement to continue funding from the Constitutional Budget Reserve.
On Monday, June 28, the Alaska House of Representatives achieved the two-thirds vote necessary to make the state’s budget effective on July 1st, the start of the 2022 Fiscal Year.
The passage of an operating budget should avert a state government shutdown that would have started on July 1, but questions remain if state funds can go out on time.
Alaska budget negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on a state spending package that includes an estimated $1,100 dividend for residents this year.
On Wednesday, March 31st, the Alaska State House voted to urge Congress to exempt certain cruise ships from having to stop at Canadian ports on their way to the state.
On Wednesday, March 31st, the Alaska Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development about economic trends in Alaska.
Fmr. House Speaker Rep. Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, said during an address on the House floor in Juneau that Phillips was announced to have passed earlier in the day.
On Thursday, March 11th, the 18-member House Republicans group of the Alaska State Legislature released a declaration of their principles and their vision for Alaska.
Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, has responded to a scathing letter from the governor that accused her of spreading COVID-19 misinformation and misrepresenting the state of Alaska’s pandemic response
Governor Mike Dunleavy has sent a letter to Alaska State Senator Lora Reinbold condemning the Republican senator from Eagle River for misrepresenting the State’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On February 12th, the Alaska Senate passed Resolution 2, urging Governor Mike Dunleavy to draft a new declaration in order to access funding for combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Senate Judiciary Committee met on Wednesday, February 10th, to hear presentations on, and discuss the effectiveness of masks, as well as the constitutionality of government mandates in response to the COVID-19 vaccine.
The session is being called to address SB54 as well as a proposed payroll tax increase of 1.5 percent of wages earned by Alaskans and non-resident workers.
The session is being called to address SB54 as well as a proposed payroll tax increase of 1.5 percent of wages earned by Alaskans and non-resident workers.
A $1.4 billion capital budget for fiscal year 2018 was agreed upon Thursday, ensuring Alaska construction and maintenance projects can continue as planned.
With the special session just two days from being over, the state legislature has still not come up with measures to cut deficits and generate revenue.
At a press conference in Juneau on Thursday, members of the Alaska House of Representatives Majority Coalition said the record needed to be set straight on some of the issues being discussed.