Division widens between Alaska House, Senate on reducing 2017 PFD checks

Will lawmakers cap the Permanent Fund Dividend this year, as they look for a way to pay for the state’s multi-billion dollar budget gap? It’s one of the biggest questions facing lawmakers this session. They came close to doing it last year.
Gov. Bill Walker’s plan to reduce dividend checks to $1,000 in the near future died last year in the House Finance Committee, just one vote shy of moving out to the House floor for a vote by all House members.
Rep. David Guttenberg, D-Fairba