EXPLAINER: The complexities in Alaska s budget proposal
BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Alaska budget negotiators reached a tentative agreement on a spending package that would keep state government running and allocate federal recovery aid dollars.
But the proposal ties strings to funding for programs like the annual dividend paid to residents, a move meant to entice support including from minority lawmakers whose backing is needed to access a budget reserve fund that would be used in part to pay for this year s checks.
House Minority Leader Cathy Tilton, a Wasilla Republican, referred to the approach as “bully tactics.” Sen. Bert Stedman, a Republican and one of the lead budget negotiators, said it certainly encourages some folks to seriously consider what … position they’re going to take” on the constitutional budget reserve fund.
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