Senate adopts austere capital budget

The Alaska Senate passed the state’s $1.6 billion capital budget on Saturday. The big-ticket spending plan now goes to the House for consideration.
Unrestricted general fund spending on Alaska’s capital budget. Fiscal year 2017 is based on Senate’s capital budget bill as of May 14, 2016. (Graphic by Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO – Juneau)The capital budget includes items from highway construction in Haines worth $30 million, to airport upgrades in Anchorage worth $36.8 million, to a