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079 – Lumping and Lurching

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079 – Lumping and Lurching

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Fix the Permanent Fund dividend? There’s no shortage of ideas in the Alaska Legislature (Brooks / AB)
Alaska House Republican introduces 2% sales tax bill as part of fiscal plan (Maguire / ADN)
Lower revenue forecast increases budget woes for state lawmakers (Sabbatini / Empire)
Bill to raise oil tax revenue introduced in the Alaska Senate (Maguire / ADN)
Willow oil project expected to cost Alaska treasury more than it brings in during early years (Rosen / AB)
New revenue estimate for Willow project presents rosier picture for Alaska treasury (Rosen / AB)

078 – The Just Right Gang

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078 – The Just Right Gang

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Proposal could restructure Permanent Fund (Symmes/ANS)
Alaska lawmakers want to combine permanent fund accounts (Jarrett / YAL)
Legislators move to prevent overspending of Permanent Fund (Cordova Times)
FISCAL POLICY WORKING GROUP FINAL REPORT

077 – Root Problems

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077 – Root Problems

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Alaska, Mercer settle pensions lawsuit (2010 – Rosen & Comlay / Reuters)
Alaska’s state retirement system shows a benefits gap compared to old pension plan (Brooks / AB)
Senate majority introduces plan to overhaul Alaska’s public retirement system (Samuels / ADN)
State workers say chronic understaffing caused food stamp backlog (Stremple / APM)
Department behind Alaska’s food stamp backlog will soon be processing 260K Medicaid reapplications (Stremple / APM)
Changes being proposed for short term rentals in Juneau (KINY)
Alaska Legislature rejects pay raise for governor, commissioners (Maguire / ADN)
UA Deferred Maintenance Slides
Alaska lawmaker censured for asking if fatal child abuse saved taxpayer money (Halpert / BBC)
Rep. Eastman sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children (Maguire / ADN)

076 – A Dime Among Nickels

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076 – A Dime Among Nickels

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An early session interview with Rep. Genevieve Mina.

Meet Genevieve Mina, Alaska’s second Filipino legislator (Elizarde / KTOO)
From the debate team to the Alaska House: An interview with Rep. Genevieve Mina (Hersh / ALM)
Themla Buchholdt – Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame

075 – State of the Pizza

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075 – State of the Pizza

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Retiring from the high court, Alaska’s chief justice defends its system of selecting judges (Brooks / AB)
Chief justice bids lawmakers a fervent farewell (Sabbatini / JE)
Police and firefighter pension bill, long sought by unions, is revived in Alaska House (Brooks / AB)
Alaska senators say $1,000 increase to per student funding is “beginning of a conversation” (Phu / AB)
Climate activists hold rally near the Capitol (Larson / JE)