Alaska State Legislature Passes Budget and Adjourns Special Session - State and Federal Communications

June 12, 2015  •  

Alaska State Legislature Passes Budget and Adjourns Special Session

AlaskaThe Alaska State Legislature adjourned its second special session on Thursday, June 11, 2015.

It took both houses nearly two months to reach an agreement on budget terms, pushing negotiations to within three weeks of a potential government shutdown set to start July 1.

The $5 billion budget preserves scheduled pay raises for public employees while reducing state agency spending by $400 million to help close the deficit.

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