Talk of Alaska: The budget, the PFD, and new revenue options

Lawmakers have about a month left to finish the business of building a state budget that pays for mandated services, and is balanced. There's a lot of daylight between ideas for a spending plan that satisfies the numerous needs across the state without draining savings and paying a large permanent fund dividend. Will legislators find consensus on a budget by mid-May that the Governor will also agree to? We discuss the ideas for Alaska’s fiscal future on this Talk of Alaska.