...financial status and conservative budgeting practices. One area which came in for praise: Using 2008's big oil revenue windfall to replenish its savings accounts. Including the just-issued bonds, Alaska has $14 billion in readily available...

...Les Gara and Sen. Johnny Ellis, both of Anchorage - has instead proposed using $69 million of the state's oil revenue windfall for municipal revenue sharing. Rep. Berkowitz, the House minority leader, seemed to read from the same script...

...budget Monday, saying the spending increases outlined there may be hard to meet once the state burns through its oil revenue windfall. Gov. Frank Murkowski's proposal includes spending and job increases that would bulk up the budget base and...