Talk Of Alaska

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) Permanent Fund Dividends will arrive soon, but the plan to pay for them going forward hasn’t materialized. Legislators have yet to agree on a solution, despite a fourth special legislative session and a list of recommendations made by a bipartisan working group this summer. Advocates share their ideas for a sustainable plan for the future. Listen here: HOST: Lori Townsend GUESTS: Andrew Kitchenman, State Government Reporter, Alaska Public Media and KTOO Rick Halford, Permanent Fund Defenders Brad Keithley, Managing Director, Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets Cliff Groh, Alaska Common Ground CORRECTION: Alaska Public Media and KTOO reporter Andrew Kitchenman made an error in this Talk of Alaska. An update to public employee pension contributions will save the state more than $100 million per year. It will not cost more money than the working group assumed. PARTICIPATE: Call 907-550-8422 (Anchorage) or