Tag: statutory PFD

TODAY: Public hearing on plan to increase Alaska’s education budget by $250M

EducationFebruary 7, 2023

On Wednesday, Feb. 8, Alaskans will have a chance to weigh in on a controversial proposal to pump an additional $250 million into Alaska’s failing public education system. The hearing on Senate Bill 52 will take place in the Alaska Senate Education

OPINION: Alaska’s Senate Majority is drooling over ways to spend your PFD

FeaturedFebruary 5, 2023

There is no amount of money that will ever satiate government bureaucracy. In fact, the larger it grows the more it demands. This is playing out in Alaska’s Senate as you read. The Senate Majority caucus – comprised of nine Democrats and eight Republicans

Who are Alaska’s Good Guys & Bad Guys when it comes to a full PFD?

Alaska Permanent Fund DividendOctober 18, 2022

Let’s get it right this time in dealing with the Alaska Permanent Fund and its Dividend. First the calculation that worked for over 30 years was earnings based. In other words, how much did the Fund earn over the last five years, less the inflation

Alaska gubernatorial candidate Kurka defends his PFD vote

AbortionJune 2, 2022

Editor’s note: The following open letter to Alaskans was written by Alaska State Rep. Christopher Kurka who is running for governor. Dear Fellow Alaskans: I acknowledge many of you are angry. Given what Alaskans have suffered during the last six years of

AK lawmakers use your money to buy your support for policies you hate

Alaska Permanent Fund DividendMay 13, 2022

I’m not saying our wise and benevolent politicians in Juneau would ever stoop so low, but picture for a moment the day you wake up and learn that your Alaska legislators have decided to begin using your own money to buy your support for their policies,

With Alaska oil at $117/barrel, petition asks lawmakers for full PFD

FeaturedMarch 29, 2022

With the price of oil now hovering around $117 a barrel (as of March 25) and the state coffers flooded with billions in unexpected revenue, an online petition is urging the Alaska Legislature to approve a full, statutory Permanent Fund Dividend payment for

Alaska’s PFD won’t last long without constitutional protections

FeaturedJanuary 31, 2022

Editor’s note: This column is jointly written by Joe Geldhof (a Juneau lawyer and board member of the Permanent Fund Defenders) and Juanita Cassellius (an Eagle River nurse and coordinator for Permanent Fund Defenders). For a long time, significant

‘Awash with cash’ Alaska has money to pay a full Permanent Fund Dividend

FeaturedDecember 1, 2021

In Fiscal Year 2020, the net income of the Alaska Permanent Fund was $1.63 billion while the Percentage of Market Value (POMV) draw was nearly $3 billion, a loss of about $1.3 billion after the draw. That was a shock to me. I’ve always trusted that the body

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