Permanent Fund Dividend

Dunleavy unveils plan for PFD back payments

Dunleavy unveils plan for PFD back payments

That mega PFD isn’t happening this year, in his plan.

 

State resumes online applications for PFD checks

State resumes online applications for PFD checks

Security concerns prompted closure last week.

 

Security concerns prompt closing of dividend applications

Security concerns prompt closing of dividend applications

Information of other users popped up on applicants’ computer screens.

 

Democrat gubernatorial candiate Mark Begich, a former U.S. Senator for Alaska and former mayor of Anchorage, speaks during an interview in Juneau on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The future of the Permanent Fund Dividend

It’s complicated.

Democrat gubernatorial candiate Mark Begich, a former U.S. Senator for Alaska and former mayor of Anchorage, speaks during an interview in Juneau on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: The hollow satisfaction of undoing government

Opinion: The hollow satisfaction of undoing government

Going back to the problems we had before one side thinks they solved them isn’t “doing things differently.”

Opinion: The hollow satisfaction of undoing government
The PFD is $1,600: A Q&A about your dividend

The PFD is $1,600: A Q&A about your dividend

This is the first year in decades that the state isn’t following the traditional distribution formula.

The PFD is $1,600: A Q&A about your dividend
Mainframe Operator Will Muldoon lifts 500 freshly printed Permanent Fund Dividend checks from the printer at the state’s secure printing facility in Juneau on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Check it out: Permanent Fund Dividend checks flow from printers this week

With the soft sound of smoothly operating electronics, workers in the State Office Building are printing money. This week, the thousands of paper checks that… Continue reading

Mainframe Operator Will Muldoon lifts 500 freshly printed Permanent Fund Dividend checks from the printer at the state’s secure printing facility in Juneau on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)