Terrence Shanigan: Alaska's budget bonanza -- taxes, PFD cuts, and the Great Juneau Jest

Terrence Shanigan: Alaska's budget bonanza -- taxes, PFD cuts, and the Great Juneau Jest

By TERRENCE SHANIGAN This article is the first installment of a two-part series. Picture this: Alaska’s state budget is a moose-sized piñata, stuffed to the antlers with $12.2 billion in 2025, up from a leaner $6.3 billion back in 2005, a 93 percent leap that makes inflation look like it’s trudging through knee-deep snow. Yet, […] The post Terrence Shanigan: Alaska’s budget bonanza — taxes, PFD cuts, and the Great Juneau Jest appeared first on M…