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 […]
WASHINGTON — Opposition Democrats have long been united in their dislike of President Donald Trump. But when it comes to the idea of trying to impeach the president and remove him from office, Democrats, it seems, are sharply divided. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a presidential candidate, is leading the charge for impeachment among the Democratic […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) recently participated in a Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the FY2020 Budget Request for the National Guard and Reserve. During the hearing, Murkowski emphasized the military’s significant and evolving opportunities in the Arctic. The Committee heard from the following witnesses: General Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief […]
JUNEAU – The Senate Finance Committee Friday introduced a pair of bills to cap government spending and establish a 50-50 split between dividends and state expenses from the limited annual revenue available from earnings reserve of the Permanent Fund. Senate Bill 104 caps government spending at $5 billion for fiscal year 2021, allowing for […]