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Governor’s budget briefing: trooper post in Talkeetna, statutory PFD and education reform highlighted
Summary
A representative from the governor’s office briefed the Assembly on the proposed state budget, noting full statutory funding across formulas, a proposed trooper post in Talkeetna, an estimated statutory PFD and an upcoming education reform package.
A representative from the governor’s office told the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly on Dec. 17 that the governor’s proposed budget funds statutory formulas, includes an initiative for a trooper post in Talkeetna and will be accompanied by an education reform package.
Todd Spaulding, identified in the meeting as representing the governor’s office, told the Assembly the governor’s approach “funding everything according to statute,” and that includes education funding and a statutory Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) formula. Spaulding said a statutory PFD “would be equivalent to about $39100 per Alaskan, according to statute and according to the formula,” and that payment of a statutory PFD would inject approximately $390,000,000 into the Matanuska-Susitna Borough…
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