Legislators are scheduled to return to Juneau next month and will try again to settle on an amount for this fall’s Permanent Fund dividend after the governor vetoed the $525 PFD appropriated by lawmakers.
The Legislature’s budget writers last month negotiated a $1,100 dividend, but the amount was tied to other items in the budget. Proponents of a bigger PFD objected to the amount and to the linking maneuver, denying their votes for sections of…