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OP/Ed: FY25 budget reflects a policy of priorities over oil prices

By Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Dec 18, 2023 Featured, Op/Ed and the Editor, State

As I enter my sixth year as Alaska’s governor, the Fiscal Year 2025 budget introduced this past week reflects a continuing policy to be guided by priorities rather than the price of oil. Alaskans well understand how quickly prices can swing in either direction, and the past five years have offered no shortage of reminders […]

A historic PFD still leaves work to be done

By Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Sep 9, 2022 Op/Ed and the Editor

A uniquely Alaskan event – the distribution of the annual Permanent Fund Dividend – is coming up on Sept. 20 and I’m pleased to announce that it will be the largest in state history. The 2022 PFD, at $3,284, is being sent out a couple weeks early this year as Alaskans bear the brunt of […]