When FBI agents searched the Wasilla office of Rep. Vic Kohring on Aug. 31, they weren't just looking for documents related to Veco Corp., its executives and ties to lawmakers. They also wanted information about developer Marc Marlow as well as the state Department of Corrections.
Just recently I went to the movie theater and the price sign really caught my eye for the first time: “Adults” are considered 12 years of age or older; children are 11 years old and under. To buy a ticket for an adult means at least $3 more than for a child’s ticket.
Do you know that the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is your share of money from the sale of oil pumped out of the ground in Alaska? Beginning in 1982, Alaska Permanent Fund Dividends have been sent to every eligible resident. Each year thousands of kids receive dividends.
After decreasing for five straight years, the Alaska Permament Fund dividend checks are on the rise again. The 2006 amount of $1,106.96, announced Sept. 20 by Gov. Frank Murkowski, is the ninth largest payout since the state started cutting checks in 1982, according to state records.
How do you feel about getting an extra $1,106.96? That's the amount of the 2006 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend that each qualified Alaskan who filled out their paperwork on time will receive.
More than 600,000 Alaskans reveled in the news that they will have the option to spend $1,106 -- the amount of this year's Alaska Permanent Fund dividend check. Some will buy cars, big-kid toys or catch up on bills with the money that started to go out this week.
The first round of Alaska Permanent Fund dividend check payouts were delivered today by the state into bank accounts for those who applied early online. According to the state, 247,000 checks were deposited, totaling $286 million. Let the spending begin.
PartyGaming, the world's largest publicly traded online gambling company, scrapped its dividend Tuesday to save about $115 million after the U.S. Congress passed laws to shut down U.S. Web gambling.
