The Senate Finance Committee has proposed a version of the budget similar to what lawmakers passed in April. The proposal was rolled out yesterday, one day before notices are scheduled to be sent to state workers warning of possible layoffs if a fully funded budget is not passed by July 1.
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Heroin Hits Home: Bethel creates heroin task force
By Daysha Eaton
Federal officials say they intercepted nearly ten times as much heroin coming into Alaska in 2014 than compared to 2013. Once in Alaska the narcotic quickly reaches rural communities, which are now organizing to push back. This is the second in a series of three stories about the impacts of heroin in Bethel and how the community is fighting it. The City of Bethel is organizing a multi-agency heroin task force.