Alaska Faces Budget Crunch Forcing Risky Tax and Fund Raid
Alaska Governor Tony Knowles outlines two high risk moves to fix a looming budget shortfall. A new income tax would hit primarily workers who move to Alaska for jobs while the $4 billion raid on the Permanent Fund could fund the cash reserve for years. The plan faces opposition in the Republican-led Legislature and requires spending cuts.
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Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Permanent Fund
North Slope
Knowles
Governors Mansion
Senate
Drue Pearce
Suspect Arrested in Miami Mall Shooting
A 17-year-old, identified as Raneifer Lynn Brown, was arrested at a home and charged with armed robbery and attempted murder after a Panamanian businesswoman was shot in a mall parking garage. The victim, Lynn Motta, remains in critical but stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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Miami
Raneifer Lynn Brown
Miami-Dade
Pete Andreu
Andreu
Lynn Motta
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Miami-Dade County
Family of man killed by falling ice settles suit
Chicago reports a $4.5 million settlement in a suit against the building owners Olympia and York and tenant Neiman Marcus over a fatal 1994 ice fall on Michigan Avenue. Donald Booth of Brookfield, Wisconsin, was killed February 28, 1994. The widow and three children alleged lack of warning signs.
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John Huston
Olympia
York
Neiman Marcus
Michigan Avenue
Donald Booth
Broonield
Wis
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