After an Alaska Superior Court decision threw out the state’s correspondence school funding program, the state’s House Judiciary Committee proposed a constitutional amendment that would keep it in place, and the Alaska Senate passed its version of the state’s operating budget Wednesday. The $6 billion general fund budget would provide residents with a combined Permanent Fund dividend and energy relief check of around $1,600.
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