Kevin McCabe: Alaska's Constitutional Mandate and the Legislature's Capital Budget Shortfall

Kevin McCabe: Alaska's constitutional mandate and the Legislature's capital budget shortfall

By REP. KEVIN MCCABE Article IX, Section 16 of the Alaska Constitution is clear: At least one-third of our state spending must be reserved for capital projects and loan appropriations. That’s not a suggestion, it is a constitutional mandate. Yet the Legislature’s FY25 capital budget allocates just $2.9 billion, or 19% of the $15.7 billion […] The post Kevin McCabe: Alaska’s constitutional mandate and the Legislature’s capital budget shortfall ap…

Reporting From Alaska- Dunleavy vetoes could delay $600 million in federal highway funds

A veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy of state highway matching funds could delay hundreds of millions in federal highway funding for projects in Alaska.Dunleavy vetoed $70 million in transportation match money that was transferred by legislators from dozens of older projects, money that legislators said has not been spent. The $70 million is necessary to qualify for $600 million in federal matching funds.The Dunleavy administration contends the approach…

Dunleavy’s veto of oil tax transparency bill leaves legislators wondering, ‘What are you hiding?’ - The Alaska Current

On Monday, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that legislators had hoped would shed light on how his administration is handling oil and gas taxes