Amendment would allow state bonds to back college loans

Alaskans are voting whether to allow the state to issue debt to lower the interest students pay for college loans.
Listen NowSen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, on the floor of the Senate in March. She sponsored the ballot question to amend the state constitution to allow the state to issue bonds to lower college borrowing costs. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)If voters amend the Alaska Constitution through Ballot Question No. 2, more students may be able to borrow to pay for college.