...plans as much as $10 billion short of what they're going to need over the next 25 years. The best possibility, said Michael Lamb, chief financial officer for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, is to come up with a solution that makes everybody...

...begs the question, what are we going to do next year?" The city hit hardest is Fairbanks, and its finance director Michael Lamb is recognized as one of the state's top experts on the issue. "The state is the only one with the fiscal wherewithal...

...action last night sent a clear message of how they value my work," said the borough's chief financial officer, Michael Lamb, one of 80 employees who will not receive an anticipated raise on July 1. "Stuff like this is what makes you think...