...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...

...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...

...unable to keep up with automatic increases in areas such as Medicaid and foster care, said Annalee McConnell, Knowles' budget director. ''It's going to mean some very substantial impacts,'' McConnell said, adding that she couldn't be...

...16.5 million allowed in the spending plan approved by the Legislature last year, said Annalee McConnell, Knowles' budget director. Much of the supplemental budget is made up of costs the administration had warned would be higher than the...

...spending. ''They cut $250 million but haven't addressed the revenue side,'' said Annalee McConnell, Knowles' budget director. McConnell said even further cuts in state spending would not close the deficit. House Speaker Brian Porter...