Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon listens to discussion on the House floor on Friday, May 3, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska, with House Chief Clerk Crys Jones on the right. The House rejected a Senate rewrite of the state budget Friday, clearing the way for negotiators to work toward a compromise. ( Becky Bohrer / AP Photo )The Senate budget follows the calculation that has been ignored the last three years amid an ongoing budget deficit and would produce checks estimated around $3,000 each. With a full dividend, the Senate budget has a $1.2 billion hole that would still need to be filled. Typically, the House passes a budget that is reworked by the Senate and sent back to the House for consideration.

Source: thestar May 03, 2019 21:54 UTC