By REP. KEVIN MCCABE Article IX, Section 16 of the Alaska Constitution is clear: At least one-third of our state spending must be reserved for capital projects and loan appropriations. That’s not a suggestion, it is a constitutional mandate. Yet the Legislature’s FY25 capital budget allocates just $2.9 billion, or 19% of the $15.7 billion … Continue reading Kevin McCabe: Alaska’s constitutional mandate and the Legislature’s capital budget shortfall