22-03-2016 00:14 via alaskapublic.org

With a month left of legislative session budget solution still up in the air

With about a month left in the scheduled 90-day legislative session, lawmakers are trying to figure out how to pay the bills given the steep drop in oil revenue that’s left Alaska with a multi-billion dollar deficit.
There are plenty of positions and ideas, but there’s no clear consensus on a path forward.
There are a lot of pieces in play that would impact the budget, including taxes, a restructuring of the Alaska Permanent Fund to allow regular draws from earnings, bills aimed at c
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