From federal matching funds for highway projects to college scholarships, what happens if action isn’t taken on the capital budget or the “reverse sweep.”
Speaking against Senate Bill 2002, members of the minority they said it didn’t offer enough compromise.
The state agriculture division laid off 20 employees. Funding was cut for loans and seed inspections.
The Legislature is working through its second special session in Juneau.
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Children, pregnant women, elderly, disabled and seriously mentally ill Alaskans will lose shelter under the cuts, they say.
The measure still needs to be approved by the House and governor to become law.
Not every budget cut is equal, she cautioned.
One fellow lawmaker says the 15-member Republican House minority has “a heck of a lot of leverage right now.”
Without a fix, the problem might even affect Alaskans’ Permanent Fund dividends.
“Small problems are going to go untreated until they become big problems, and big problems are going to be dealt with by extraction,” said the executive director of the Alaska Dental Society.
The ACLU of Alaska sued the governor Wednesday, claiming his budget reduction to the court system was a threat to judicial independence.
The lawsuit claims the governor illegally created an emergency with his budget vetoes.
The governor vetoed about $58 million of general fund support for Medicaid programs from the Legislature’s enacted budget.
Under a new special session proclamation, the governor will allow Alaska legislators to consider the capital budget.
The credit rating agency expects a multiyear negative impact on enrollment and on the “competitive position” of UA research.
The governor’s veto of $334,700, he said, was equal to the amount the state spent on “elective abortions” last year.
A social media post by the Eagle River Republican has drawn a strong response from three of the state’s largest Native organizations.
In one scenario, the state could lose $1 billion in federal transportation construction aid if the capital budget isn’t approved by the end of the month.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday, the day after the state was supposed to start funding payments to public schools.
