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...Authorized spending for this budget year includes about $7.9 billion in unrestricted general funds, said Parnell's budget director, Karen Rehfeld.Oil revenue provides about 90 percent of the state's unrestricted revenue, and Parnell has been...
...operations has increased an average of 6.5 percent a year for the past 10 years, the report states.Parnell's budget director, Karen Rehfeld, said the governor has proposed a "very, very lean budget" as a starting point for lawmakers...
...like lackluster graduation rates and truancy.The program was created in 2010 but first funded in 2011. Parnell's budget director said $8 million was provided for the program for the current fiscal year; $5.7 million was awarded for the 2012...
...9 million within the Department of Revenue toward analysis on the state's oil and gas tax system.Parnell's budget director, Karen Rehfeld, said $2 million had originally been earmarked to Revenue to ensure state agencies complied with...
...to maintain services, the state could have to use its own money to make up for any cuts, Gov. Sean Parnell's budget director, Karen Rehfeld, said. Oil will need to average about $96 a barrel for Parnell's current budget proposal to balance...
...Alaskans have enjoyed a healthy state budget in recent years, due in part to the high price of oil, Parnell's budget director said the state could find itself in a deficit as early as next fiscal year under his plan, and would need to dig...
...board agreed, and Barnhill said a later decision would not present problems for the state.Office of Management and Budget Director Karen Rehfeld said later they won't begin preparing Gov. Sean Parnell's budget proposal until late August or...
...no plans to return to politics. Knowles plans to name a successor before Ayers leaves, said Knowles spokesman Bob King. Two possible candidates are Deputy Chief of Staff David Ramseur and Budget Director Annalee McConnell, King said.
...administration's budget writers, the committee's approach is frustrating and backward, said Annalee McConnell, Knowles' budget director. McConnell said the state needs more than $80 million more next year just to maintain current state services. The...
...money and state operations such as the Anchorage International Airport, said Annalee McConnell, Gov. Tony Knowles' budget director. However, even $12 million won't fit in well with the budget-cutting plans of the Legislature's Republican...