Legislature eyes limit on state government spending

Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, in February 2016.  He supports having a new limit on state government spending. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
Some state legislators want to write into law a new limit on how much the state can spend each year. But policy experts say it’s a difficult strategy to put into effect. And Alaska already has a limit – one that critics say hasn’t worked.
In 1982, Alaska voters amended the constitution to say that the state would never spend more