Alaska Marine Highway System wary of possible future cuts

The Alaska Marine Highway System made it through one step in the legislative budget process without further cuts. But those could come later.
Rep. Sam Kito III addresses the Alaska House of Representatives in 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
The House Finance Subcommittee on the state Department of Transportation budget did remove $2 million in general funds. That’s the pot of money that pays for most state operations.
But the committee replaced it with the same amount from a