Resolution Supports Constitutional Amendment to Allow Sensible Campaign Spending Limits

By on    Featured, Politics, State  

Resolution Supports Constitutional Amendment to Allow Sensible Campaign Spending Limits

  JUNEAU – Reps. Geran Tarr and Andy Josephson Monday introduced a resolution that would express support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that allows limits on spending to influence elections and public policy. House Joint Resolution 24 would be sent to federal leaders and calls for the overturning of the 2010 Supreme Court […]

Senate Finance Proposes $3,000 PFD, Locks up Earnings

By on    Featured, State  

Senate Finance Proposes $3,000 PFD, Locks up Earnings

  JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate Finance Committee today approved amendments boosting this year’s Permanent Fund dividend to about $3,000 per person and transferring $12 billion from the Permanent Fund’s earnings reserve account into the fund’s constitutionally protected corpus. “We must take effective action to protect the Permanent Fund,” said Senator Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, co-chair […]

1 2 3 4