Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy sat down with KTVF & KXDF in Fairbanks to discuss issues facing Alaska and the nation.
The governor said he’d like to see as large a Permanent Fund Dividend as possible come out of the current state legislative session, “especially now, with all of these inflationary pressures that have befallen the entire world, whether it’s fuel, food, etc... but really, getting a PFD the people of Alaska expect, and given that fact that we have a multi-billion dollar surplus this year, as a result of the high cost of fuel, I think it’s appropriate that we move in that direction.
Aside from the PFD, the governor’s legislative priorities with the remaining time in the session include “some crime bills, and our People First Initiative that would protect some of our most vulnerable. We have a number of bills that we’ve got in committees now. We’re hopeful that the legislature will pass those bills to protect, especially, our women.
He claimed the Biden administration is trying to do everything they can to shut the development of these resources down. “That is a problem. As a result of that, we’ve had to engage them in litigation, and we will continue to do that because we think that Alaska’s future is actually at stake if we have a government, or an administration in Washington that is so averse to what Alaska does.
This year Alaska is testing its new ranked-choice voting system, voted in by Alaskans in 2020. On the form of voting, Dunleavy said, “The people of Alaska are really going to have to understand it,” adding, “This is a brand new approach. It’s coming sooner than we anticipated with the unfortunate and untimely death of our congressman , but this is going to give people an opportunity to be exposed to a new system. Hopefully, the people of Alaska will understand how this works.
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