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By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature in the waning hours of a four-month session has approved a state spending package that would pay residents about $3,200 this year after a vote that would have boosted the payout to about $3,850 narrowly failed in the House. The approved amount […]
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By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature approved a state spending package late Wednesday that would pay residents about $3,200 this year after a vote that would have boosted the payout to about $3,850 narrowly failed in the House. A tentative budget agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators […]
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By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature approved a state spending package late Wednesday that would pay residents about $3,200 this year after a vote that would have boosted the payout to about $3,850 narrowly failed in the House. A tentative budget agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators […]
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By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature approved a state spending package late Wednesday that would pay residents about $3,200 this year after a vote that would have boosted the payout to about $3,850 narrowly failed in the House. A tentative budget agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators […]
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By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate approved a state spending package Wednesday that would pay residents around $3,850 this year but the size of the payout will depend on what happens in the House in the waning hours of the legislative session. A tentative budget agreement reached by […]
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By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers faced the end of the regular legislative session Wednesday, with a state spending package — and the size of this year’s check to residents from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund — not yet resolved. House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement Tuesday that would […]
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate has voted for dividends of about $4,200 to residents this year, plus “energy relief” checks of $1,300, as its work on a state budget plan continued. The Senate late Monday voted 10-9 on the dividend amendment, which would cost nearly $2.8 billion. The dividend amendment calls for checks […]
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate has voted for dividends of about $4,200 to residents this year, plus “energy relief” checks of $1,300, as its work on a state budget plan continued. The Senate late Monday voted 10-9 on the dividend amendment, which would cost nearly $2.8 billion. The dividend amendment calls for checks […]
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate voted Monday for a $1,300 “energy relief” payment in addition to a dividend payment for residents this year. The energy payment passed 12-7 as an amendment to the state budget package that senators were debating. The budget bill as it came to the floor included a dividend payment […]
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