Alaska House majority ponders alternatives for a broad-based tax

With just nine days to go until the end of the 90-day session, the Alaska House majority is considering alternatives for a statewide income tax – one of its four pillars for solving the state’s $3 billion budget gap.
Until now, most of the caucus’s focus has been on an income tax that is part of House Bill 115. On Tuesday, House leadership said it was still working on getting 21 votes needed to pass it. Later that day, an expected vote on the measure in the House Finance C