Legislature passes budget compromise to avert shutdown

Update | 8:49 a.m.
The Legislature passed a budget that avoids a state government shutdown Thursday night.
The part of the budget directly controlled by the Legislature includes $4.1 billion. The spending plan avoids cuts to school funding. It sets permanent fund dividends at $1,100 – about half of the amount set under state law.
Bethel Democratic Sen. Lyman Hoffman said both House and Senate negotiators gave ground to reach a compromise.
“No one got what they fully wanted,” Ho