Alaska House votes to approve $2200 PFD

The Alaska House has added hundreds of millions of dollars to the state capital budget to bump up this year’s permanent fund dividend to around $2,200 a person– a sharp increase from last year’s check of $1,022.
Across party lines, the House on Wednesday voted 26-14 to add $700 million to allow for full payment of this year’s permanent fund dividend, as calculated by law. Earlier this year, both the House and Senate passed versions of a bill that would have called for sma