Budget cut impacts to municipalities

Lance Wilber, left, briefs the Anchorage Assembly on the administration’s 2017 budget proposal. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)

State lawmakers continue to chip away at the budget to stabilize state finances. Millions of dollars have been cut from government spending and some lawmakers want millions more slashed. How is that affecting communities across the state?

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HOST: Lori Townsend

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  • Kathie Wasserman – Head of Alaska Municipal League
  • Jonathan King – economist with Northern Economics
  • Statewide callers 

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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.

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Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.

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