Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants legislators to be settling the future of the Permanent Fund dividend for decades to come but first they have to decide what it will be this year.
Official work to finish the state’s 2022 fiscal year budget has slowed and it doesn’t appear lawmakers will give Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to overhaul the Permanent Fund and constitutionalize the dividend much time in the coming weeks.
Alaska lawmakers open special session on budget, dividends
BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
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1of8Alaska Senate Senate President Peter Micciche, (R-Soldotna) smiles before convening the Senate for a special session in Juneau, Alaska Thursday, May 20, 2021. Lawmakers on Thursday convened a special session called by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The special session agenda includes the budget and the dividend paid to residents from the state s oil-wealth fund.Becky Bohrer)/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Alaska state Rep. Neal Foster, (D-Nome ) and a co-chair of the House Finance Committee speaks to reporters before the start of a special session in Juneau, Alaska Thursday, May 20, 2021. The special session, which began Thursday, was called by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to address the budget and the dividend paid to residents from the state s oil-wealth fund.Becky Bohrer)/APShow MoreShow Less
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