Alaska cities brace for reduced state funding

Alaska’s larger cities could see a drop in state funding as Community Revenue Sharing is scaled down. Anchorage takes the biggest hit. Juneau could lose over a million dollars in the next few years. Meanwhile, some rural communities could receive more.
The Alaska state capitol building in Juneau. (Public Domain photo)Back in 1999, “Believe” by Cher hit number one on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100.
And like Cher, Alaska’s policy makers believed the state had enoug