Alaska Senate Democrats pitch budget plan

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A plan from minority Senate Democrats for addressing Alaska’s deficit calls for reworking state oil tax policy and implementing broad-based taxes before moving to the potential use of earnings from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund.
The plan would start with what they call targeted cuts, to things like tax credits and mega-projects.
From there, they propose tackling oil taxes before taking up a broad-based tax, like an income tax. Use of Alaska Permanent Fund earni