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By Joaqlin Estus, KNBA

Oct. 6, 2016

Mat-Su Republican introduces bill to double dividend amount

by Joaqlin Estus and The Associated Press

Permanent Fund Dividends of $1,022 started going out to each eligible Alaskan Thursday [Oct. 6] morning.

Mat-Su and Copper River area Sen. Mike Dunleavy Wednesday announced he’s filing a bill to double this year’s dividend to $2,052, the amount legislators appropriated earlier this year.

Oct. 6, 2016

By Joaqlin Estus, KNBA

Hospitals typically are not in the business of providing legal aid to patients, but several tribal health facilities in Alaska are going to start doing just that. The pilot project is being funded through a multi-state grant that's placing AmeriCorps volunteers in tribal facilities in six states.

By The Associated Press

Oct. 3, 2016 - A leadership dispute is expected to be continued at a 3-day conference of the Association of Village Council Presidents kicking off in Bethel Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Protesting delegates plan to push their argument that the member villages are in charge of the regional nonprofit, not executive leadership. Protesters say the organization's executive board and their attorneys have hijacked authority from the tribes that created it decades ago to advocate for 56 Alaska Native communities.

By The Associated Press

OCt. 3, 2016 - The two sides in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Bill Walker's cut to the dividend that Alaskans receive from the state's oil wealth nest-egg are seeking a speedy resolution to the dispute. Sen. Bill Wielechowski says that under a schedule agreed to by the plaintiffs and attorney general's office, a decision would be reached by Dec. 2. The schedule is subject to approval by the judge who will hear the case. Wielechowski is a plaintiff in the case brought against the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.