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Infographics: Alaska’s 2019 Budget
How we pay for it and how we spend it.
Latest Alaska state budget
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Department of Public Safety proposes permanent fix for rape evidence kit backlog
Testing all of the kits is expected to take years.
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State departments have an eye toward budget hikes
Legislative and governor candidates have vowed across the state to further cut Alaska’s budget, but many state departments…
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Check it out: Permanent Fund Dividend checks flow from printers this week
With the soft sound of smoothly operating electronics, workers in the State Office Building are printing money.
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Alaska lawmakers likely won’t vote on pay before election
Lawmakers are considering a proposal to reduce their expense payments, but they are not likely to vote on…
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Judge sets date in case of billion-dollar oil lawsuit
Sitka judge will hear arguments on a lawsuit with billion-dollar implications for Alaska.
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Starved for recruits, Alaska police pin blame on retirement system
They’re battling an opioid epidemic, rising crime, slashed budgets and thinned ranks.
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Fish fight fills forum
The question in November is about Ballot Measure 1, but the question in the room was something different:…
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Alaska Permanent Fund continues to beat market, but returns drop slightly from last year
The investment managers at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation have once again beaten the market.
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Alaska pauses plan to borrow $1 billion for oil-company payouts
State officials confirmed Tuesday that a billion-dollar bond issue is on hold amid a pending lawsuit by two…
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Alaska pauses plan to borrow $1 billion for oil-company payouts
State officials confirmed Tuesday that a billion-dollar bond issue is on hold amid a pending lawsuit by two…
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Analysis: Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signs deficit-slashing budget, but ‘shadow deficit’ remains
On Wednesday in Anchorage, Gov. Bill Walker signed a $10.4 billion state operating budget, a $1.5 billion capital…
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Walker keeps funding for Juneau Access but nixes money for Anchorage bridge
Gov. Bill Walker declined to veto additional money for the Juneau Access Project, but he did nix funding…
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‘You have to fight these things:’ Why two Juneau men are standing in the way of the Alaska Legislature, Gov. Bill Walker and a billion-dollar debt
The odds are not in their favor. The State of Alaska is against them. So is Gov. Bill…
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Lawmakers approve legislation, funding to test backlog of rape kits
An effort to solve a backlog of untested evidence from rape cases across Alaska received a major boost…
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Juneau Access money stays in Alaska’s capital budget
A proposal to transfer $21.3 million into the accounts of the Juneau Access project stayed within the state’s…
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Alaska hospitals, nursing homes face budget gap in Legislature’s bill
Alaska’s Medicaid program may run out of money as soon as the second week of June, leaving doctors,…
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Alaska Legislature adjourns after passing $10.4 billion operating budget
The Alaska Legislature adjourned its 2018 session just before 2 a.m. Sunday morning after passing a $10.4 billion…
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Alaska lawmakers near deal to finish budget, may adjourn session soon
House and Senate negotiators reached a breakthrough compromise on the state’s operating budget Thursday, approving a $10.5 billion…