Officials to discuss tax increases in face of state budget cuts

Town Hall scheduled for March 13

Along with tax increases and spending cuts, the Haines Borough Assembly will consider raising the borough’s tax cap during budget discussions because Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget would reduce state revenue to the borough by about $1.7 million.

Dunleavy’s cuts to school debt reimbursement, raw fish tax and the education budget among others, means roughly two thirds of state funding the borough typically receives will be gone. Although borough…