Legislature Approves Operating & Capital Budgets, COVID-19 Emergency Funding

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Legislature Approves Operating & Capital Budgets, COVID-19 Emergency Funding

  JUNEAU – The Alaska Legislature early this morning approved the state’s operating and capital budgets for the upcoming 2021 fiscal year, and emergency funding to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. House Bill 205 totals $4.74 billion in state unrestricted general funds. It holds operating expenses relatively flat at $4.62 billion; provides $120 million […]

Governor Walker Signs Legislation Protecting Permanent Fund, Approving Yearly Budgets

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Governor Walker Signs Legislation Protecting Permanent Fund, Approving Yearly Budgets

ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker signed the Permanent Fund Protection Act and this year’s budget bills into law Wednesday, surrounded by Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program students in Anchorage. “This fiscal package is a statement of our shared values as Alaskans,” Governor Bill Walker said. “Passing a sustainable budget and the Permanent Fund Protection Act […]