Alaskan Governor Bill Walker Announces Plan for Addressing Deficit
Posted on 12/09/2015
Alaska’s state finances have been haunted by chronically low oil prices. Alaskan Governor Bill Walker (I) issued a long presser describing plans for trying to plug the state’s US$ 3 billion some-odd deficit. Governor Walker proposes reshuffling earnings from the Alaska Permanent Fund, modifying the oil tax credit system, introducing personal state income taxes […]