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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, and others will be on Alaska News Nightly, which airs at 5:30 on KMXT. You can listen by live streaming KMXT.org.
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Press release and video can be found here. A transcription of Dunleavy’s address can be found here.
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Key programs and services restored in HB 2001:
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- 21.5M to Senior Benefits Program
- $110.25M to the University of Alaska
- $8.8M to Early Learning Programs, including Head Start, Early Childhood Grants, Parents as Teachers, and Best Beginning
- $759,100 to Alaska Legal Services Corporation
- $809,100 to Online with Libraries and Live Homework Help
- $3.8M to Alaska State Council on the Arts
- $100,000 to Office of Veterans Affairs for an additional Veterans’ Services Officer
- $2.2M to Human Services Matching Grants and Community Initiative Grants
- $533,500 to reopening the Utqiagvik Law Office
- $2.7M to Agricultural Programs
*A restored items of interest document can be found here.
*A restored items summary be found here.
*A vetoed items of interest document can be found here.
*A vetoed items summary be found here.
Click here for additional information on the enacted House Bill 2001, including change records, summaries, and more.
