Alaska Senate leader: Budget deal to avert shutdown ‘imminent’
Two major unresolved issues: The public schools budget and the size of the Permanent Fund dividend.
What’s the holdup? The Alaska Legislature’s budget standoff, explained
Confused about why the Alaska Legislature hasn't passed an operating budget to avert a government shutdown July 1? Here's our best explanation.
Walker calls 2nd special session to avert a state government shutdown, puts fiscal measures aside
Gov. Walker said averting a shutdown should now be the Alaska Legislature’s sole focus.
Alaska’s House passes a budget and adjourns, leaving the Senate to take it — or await another special session
The Alaska House approved a modified operating budget that tilts toward House priorities along with an expanded Permanent Fund dividend before gaveling out of the special session.
What the heck is going on in Juneau? Here’s a Q&A on the Alaska Legislature and the looming shutdown
Confused about what's happening in Juneau as the Alaska Legislature pushes toward a government shutdown? You're not alone.
Here’s where the major bills stand in the Alaska Legislature right now
Wondering about the status of Alaska's operating budget and the proposed income tax? Or the legislation to restructure the Permanent Fund? Here's a quick walk-through.
Alaska business-backed group spends more than $10,000 on last-minute anti-income tax television ads
Conservative business-backed group Prosperity Alaska is spending more than $10,000 on a last-minute television ad campaign against the state House's income tax proposal.
Budget standoff continues as House votes to double Permanent Fund dividends
The move injects a new note of uncertainty into negotiations between the House and Senate to pass an operating budget by Friday.
Legislature’s impasse over oil taxes jeopardizes bipartisan consensus
There's a bipartisan consensus on eliminating a program to encourage energy production by paying cash subsidies to oil and gas companies. But it still may not happen this year.
Hope for a comprehensive fiscal plan for Alaska appears to be fading
Alaska lawmakers acknowledged Monday that they're running out of time to pass a big deficit-reduction plan, and will more likely pass a one-year spending proposal and revisit the state budget structure at some unspecified point in the future.
House panel holds back cash subsidies for oil companies to fund other projects
Alaska House leaders say they just might be able to find a compromise with the Senate over the state capital budget bill, which now includes less cash for oil companies and more for a new school in the village of Kivalina.
Such a deal! State plans to drop asking price for ferry that didn’t sell for $700,000
The Alaska state ferry system has failed to sell the MV Taku even after lowering the minimum bid threshold to $700,000 from $1.5 million. Experts say the price will have to go lower.