In the nearly 50 years since Alaskans overwhelmingly voted to create the Alaska Permanent Fund, it has become a globally recognized sovereign wealth fund and a household name for every Alaskan. It ...

Federal stimulus checks are nowhere in sight, but states are doing their bit to help in one form or another. The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is one such payment that many people can expect to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 20—As the Alaska House of Representatives flew through a one-day special session and swiftly signed off on a Senate budget ...

The board in charge of the Alaska Permanent Fund is amplifying its warnings about an impending state financial crisis. Without action by the Legislature, there’s a small but growing chance that within ...

As Alaska braces for another challenging budget season, state Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, is calling for realism in Governor Mike Dunleavy’s soon-to-be-released spending plan. Speaking at a Juneau ...

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s exterior sign. There’s a nearly 50-50 chance that the Alaska Permanent Fund won’t have enough spendable money to pay dividends and the state’s bills at least once ...

The state agency that manages the Alaska Permanent Fund is again warning that it’s running low on spendable money. At a meeting in Anchorage on Monday, the managers called on the Legislature to amend ...

JUNEAU — The Alaska Permanent Fund will start the next fiscal year on July 1 facing a $600 million shortfall. Lawmakers have earmarked $3.8 billion from the fund for next year’s budget and Permanent ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - As Alaskans get ready to receive their Permanent Fund Dividend, you may not know why or how it came into existence, and that’s the topic of this month’s “We the People.” ...

The Alaska Permanent Fund isn’t running out of money, but it may be running out of money that can be spent. After years of earning less than it needed to beat inflation and the demands of the state ...