Budgets and Budgeting

The Anchorage School Board voted late Thursday night to spend $5.2 million in district savings to address the effects of a $12 million budget shortfall, restoring some programs and positions cut in Superintendent Carol Comeau’s budget. According to...

After budget reductions in 2010 and 2011 resulted in layoffs, eliminated positions and cut service, Anchorage Assembly member Elvi Gray-Jackson wants to know why city financial documents show that city departments underspent by nearly $20 million in 2010....

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich held a press conference in Anchorage Tuesday to talk about the federal budget. At the conference he unveiled a new link on his website that allows the public to contact him with their ideas for budget cuts and how to reduce the...

The Alaska Senate has passed a $2.8 billion capital budget bill, a significant development as the special session enters its final week. Tuesday's 13-3 vote came hours after the Senate Finance Committee advanced the bill, something the panel refused to...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Senate leaders want to take the proposed capital budget to conference, saying the House added more than they're comfortable with. It wasn't immediately clear whether that would happen; the House, which has been antsy to...

Alaska's special session ended in dramatic fashion late last night, leaving the state with a capital budget that totals more than 3.2 billion dollars, and Alaskans without a Coastal Management Program.  The House adjourned, which forced the Senate to...

It's time for Gov. Sean Parnell to start thinking about what he plans to cut from next year's proposed state construction budget. An ongoing dispute over the capital spending plan kept lawmakers at work well beyond their 90 day deadline, and when they...

It took three long meetings and more than 70 amendments, but the Mat-Su Borough Assembly has officially adopted a budget for the 2011 fiscal year. The budget includes increases in education funding by $3.25 million over last year's budget. It also...

The state Legislature adjourned for 2010 early Monday, after the House approved a $3.1 billion capital budget in the waning hours of the session. In what could be big news for Anchorage, the budget includes $76 million in general funds to build a new...

Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan visited lawmakers in Juneau Thursday and says he is pleased the Legislature is showing support for Anchorage. About $470 million of the proposed capital budget will go to fix up roads, construct buildings and continue work at...

A Baltimore County councilman did not disclose his outside employment over the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district. Councilman...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...