Higher oil prices and federal aid improve Alaska’s revenue forecast Published 4 days ago
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Print article JUNEAU Alaska is expected to receive $460 million more than previously expected from oil taxes in the next fiscal year, according to a new forecast released this week. The money “doesn’t bring in more opportunities for additional expenditures or anything like that,” said Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka and co-chairman of the budget-writing Senate Finance Committee, but “it takes a little bit of pressure off” as legislators attempt to balance the state’s need for services and its desire for a large Permanent Fund dividend.
Petersburg Pilot -
January 21, 2021
During a discussion on the possibility of testing the water quality in the Petersburg Harbor at the Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht said the Department of Environmental Conservation is already scheduled to come to town this summer to do just that.
Mayor Mark Jensen said he and other mayors in Southeast Alaska lobbied Sen. Bert Stedman to pass legislation that would test the water quality of the region s aquatic traffic lanes. He said fishermen were complaining about waste foam trails from cruise ships in major traffic lanes. Legislation was passed, bu. For access to this article please