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Alaska House votes to cut proposed dividend, but huge deficit remains unresolved

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Juneau Empire Juneau Empire - The Voice of Alaska's Capital Since 1912 Surpise vote with three Republicans absent drops proposed dividend to about $1,400 per recipient. Alaska House votes to cut proposed dividend, but huge deficit remains unresolved Wire Service

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Incredibly shrinking PFD: House budget strips dividend in Friday's spin-cycle floor session

Three missing Republican House members was all it took for the Alaska House Democrats to take advantage of the situation and pass an amendment to the state operating budget that stripped over $1,900 from every Alaskan’s full Permanent Fund dividends. The House Democrat-run majority, with two Republicans who belong to it, knew there were three […] The post Incredibly shrinking PFD: House budget strips dividend in Friday’s spin-cycle floor session…

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Alaska House votes to cut proposed dividend

Alaska House of Representatives voted to cut its proposed 2025 Permanent Fund dividend by almost two-thirds on Friday as the House’s contentious budget process lurched another step forward.

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Alaska House votes to cut proposed dividend, but huge deficit remains unresolved

The chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives are seen on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)The Alaska House of Representatives voted to cut its proposed 2025 Permanent Fund dividend by almost two-thirds on Friday as the House’s contentious budget process lurched another step forward. The reduction, which had stymied the House Finance Committee for more than a week, drops the proposed dividend from roughly $3,900 …

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