Gov. Mike Dunleavy released his flat-funded 2021 budget last month, with the biggest threats to Haines being a prolonged hit to ferry service, a larger responsibility for school bond payments, and a one-third funding cut from the community assistance program that helps pay for areawide services.
The proposed budget totals $4.5 billion in state spending without any program cuts. If the Legislature approved the full Permanent Fund dividend as Dunleavy has proposed– estimated at $3,100…