House Finance Committee, led by Rep. Paul Seaton, is looking to stuff some $87 million more in the Capital budget today — these are items that are not related to capital projects:
AHFC: $2 million for weatherization
DEED: $20 million more than base student allocation
DEEC: $6 million for pre-K, preschool
DEED: $403,400 for three education specialists
HSS: $48 million for Medicaid, supplemental
HSS: $18 million for clean up of a drafting error
University of Alaska: $7 million for deferred maintenance
DCCED: $20 million for Port of Anchorage and $1.6 million for Port of Nome
DCCED: $200,000 for Goldstream Valley Restoration project
DCCED: $15,000 for Fairbanks volunteers for policing
DCCED: language change on cruise ship berth expansion
The Democrat majority says it will accept these reductions from minority Republicans:
DCCED: -$250,000, a reduction taking away the increase added for the Healthcare Transformation Project.
(This information comes from a confidential document slipped to Must Read Alaska from the House Majority.)
