Alaska’s uphill battle to right its economy in 2021 Author: Anchorage Daily News editorial board | Opinion
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Print article There’s just more than a month until the Legislature returns to session in 2021, and nearly every issue that plagued lawmakers in 2020 looks likely to be the same or worse. The partisan rifts are deeper. The state’s budget situation is more dire. The COVID-19 pandemic is raging on, with grave impacts to both public health and Alaska’s economy. And, as in the last Legislature, the challenge of organizing majority caucuses in the House and Senate looks daunting. On top of that, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget would set a scary, short-sighted precedent.
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The Sunday Minefield – December 13, 2020
2020 will be behind us in a few weeks. Thank God for that. The big news this week was Governor
Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) budget announcement. He is again proposing big dividends, which would require overdrawing the Earnings Reserve of the Permanent Fund. The House and Senate have yet to organize majorities. It’s been almost six weeks since the general election. With Christmas and New Years fast approaching, we will likely enter 2021 with no majorities established in the legislature.
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