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With shutdown looming, Dunleavy renews push for $2,350 PFD that legislators already rejected
The effective date fight
The firefighter and the arsonist
Four years ago Gov. Walker did all he could to avert a government shutdown, detailing the consequences of failure. Meanwhile, Dunleavy is fanning the flames.
Dunleavy has painted himself into a corner and is trying to sue his way out
There's paint everywhere. It's just a complete mess.
Dunleavy pledges shutdown, demands Legislature appease House Republican minority
He's apparently clueless about why the budget votes came up short but says while they're at it why not consider passing that big dividends after all.
In night of excuses, Republicans vote against budget, the PFD, PCE, scholarships and oil credits
The budget passed but without a successful revote on two key provisions, there's a lot that will go unfunded or underfunded.
As end nears, legislators look to spread the pain if compromise fails
The failure of the three-quarter vote has largely meant pain for rural Alaska. The compromise seeks to spread the pain of failure broadly.
A $1,100 PFD or consequences
A last-minute deal ties half of the PFD funding, nearly a dozen capital projects, several popular programs and oil tax credits to the all-important Constitutional Budget Reserve vote.
'I don’t believe it.' Legislators trash Dunleavy's dividend plan
Several weeks of hearings that have revealed glaring holes and unrealistic assumptions culminated Friday in a Senate Finance Committee hearing where senators took turns trashing the plan.
'Pick. Click. Pay your taxes.' Or don't.
Legislators kicked the tires on alternative PFD/budget proposals that wouldn't leave the hard questions for later. But the question remains, who pays?
The ‘$100,000 dividend’
The oil boom led to the creation of the dividend and the repeal of the income tax, which meant wealthy Alaskans reaped much of the benefit.
