...toll on the Alaska Permanent Fund and Alaskans are likely to see a somewhat smaller dividend from the state's oil wealth savings account this year. The Permanent Fund dividend will likely slip from $1,964 in 2000 to about $1,925 this year...

...are expected to be almost $2,000 this year, the most in the dividend's 19-year history. The state's oil-wealth savings account posted a $2.2 billion profit from its investments for the budget year that ended June 30, Alaska Permanent...

...want a constitutional amendment approved that they believe will better protect the state's $26.6 billion oil wealth savings account from inflation. The amendment would limit payouts from the fund to 5 percent of its five-year average market...