Tag Archives: Budget Cuts

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, on Monday announced his final decisions regarding the current fiscal year’s budget in a 10 minute address to Alaskans. Below are some key items of interest from a press release from the governor’s office along with links to various materials, including a video of Dunleavy’s address. More in-depth coverage as well as reaction from opponents, legislators, …

  The Alaska House Finance Committee is meeting today and tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, to take public comments on bill that sets the rate of this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend. The meeting will be live-remoted at the Kodiak Legislative Information Office beginning today at 2:00.  Residents can listen in or testify and let legislators know how they feel about the …

The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce took the unprecedented move of sending a letter to Alaska Legislators urging a vote to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s sweeping line-item vetoes. The Chamber, which works to develop an economically strong and diverse business community, seldom takes a stand on political issues. The letter was mailed early yesterday afternoon according to Chamber Executive Director Sarah …

  Alaska’s legislators did not have the votes needed on Wednesday to overturn the governor’s line-item vetoes. The largest cut was to the University of Alaska, which could devastate the university system, and have trickle down effects on Kodiak College. Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens spoke passionately in defense of university funding during Wednesday’s joint session of the House and Senate …

  Deadline to override the governor’s vetoes is Friday, but first effort failed for lack of votes.   Story by Andrew Kitchenman at KTOO in Juneau who also reports for AlaskaPublic. Alaska lawmakers failed Wednesday to override some $400 million in budget vetoes by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, as fewer legislators were present in Juneau than the 45 votes needed to …

  While Kodiak College escaped the governor’s line-item veto pen, that doesn’t mean it is in the clear financially. That’s because the college is so interconnected with the University of Alaska Anchorage and the statewide system.  Cuts to those programs will mean that Kodiak would have to come up with money to replace some essential services. Those include legal, technical …

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced sweeping budget vetoes on Friday, including nearly a $1 million for commercial fisheries management. Plus, a 50-percent cut in travel, which was implemented across all state divisions. The governor says the cuts are necessary to balance the state’s budget and issue a full $3,000 Permanent Fund Dividend this fall. Those vetoes to ADF&G’s budget are …