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Eligible Alaskans got a boost to their bank accounts yesterday when this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend checks got deposited. KMXT hit the streets to get an idea of what local residents were planning to do with their $1,606 checks. KMXT Graphic  This year’s PFD amount was the most controversial ever. Governor Mike Dunleavy campaigned on Alaskans getting a full PFD, …

Story by Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media   Governor Mike Dunleavy signed a bill on Monday that provides permanent fund dividends of $1,600. He vetoed funding to reimburse municipalities for school construction debt, as well as to pay for Medicaid. And he said in a recorded statement released yesterday (Monday) that he expects to call a third special …

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 legislature has just a few days remaining in the 30-day special session called by Governor Mike Dunleavy. Much of the time has been spent on trying to figure out what the state should do with the Permanent Fund Dividend. And at this point, it is anyone’s guess what could happen with this year’s PFD checks. Governor Mike …

Dozens of local residents spoke at Saturday town hall Kodiak residents largely opposed Governor Dunleavy’s proposed budget Many concerned  a large PFD comes at the cost of losing vital public services   Kodiak residents raise their hands in favor of a minimum PFD at a town hall meeting on the governor’s proposed budget on March 30, 2019. (Photo courtesy Nils …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Nonprofits in Alaska benefit from Pick Click Give, a program that allows Alaskans to direct all or part of their Permanent Fund Dividend to their cause of choice, but this year there’s been a drop in their overall donations. Some local Kodiak nonprofits have also noticed a decrease, but they’re not sure Governor Walker’s decision to slash the …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A ballot initiative in the upcoming election would make it so that people can register to vote while signing up for their Permanent Fund Dividends. Anchorage Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar says he started Ballot Initiative One alongside a group of other Alaskans. “The ballot initiative was inspired by efforts in other parts of the country where they have done …