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    Permanent Fund
    Deven Mitchell is the executive director and chief executive officer of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.)
    Opinion: The key to a stronger fund: Diversification
    By Deven Mitchell • July 2, 2025 2:30 am

    In the nearly 50 years since Alaskans overwhelmingly voted to create the Alaska Permanent Fund, it has become a globally…

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    Cars drive past the building where the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is headquartered on Sept. 21, 2023. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire file photo)
    Deadline approaches to apply for PFD
    By Jacob Dye • March 26, 2025 12:30 pm

    Applications can be filed online through myAlaska, or by visiting pfd.alaska.gov.

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    Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board members, staff and advisors meet Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, at the corporation’s headquarters in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Risky business not the state’s business
    By Larry Persily • February 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The advice for Las Vegas gamblers is don’t bet more than you can afford to lose. It’s generally the same…

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    Senate Finance Committee members Sens. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, and Natasha Von Imhof, R-Anchorage, listen to public testimony for bills related to the Permanent Fund Dividend on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. The majority of callers accused lawmakers of stealing PFD money. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    PFD formula proposals provoke strong public reaction
    By Peter Segall • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Familiar arguments.

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    Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File 
The Alaska Permanent Fund saw record earnings this year and lawmakers are deeply divided about what to do with the earnings.
    Permanent fund earnings were record-breaking, but annual draws...
    By Peter Segall • November 3, 2021 6:30 am

    Record earnings.

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    Alaska State Capitol
    Lawmakers announce PFD working group
    By Peter Segall • July 6, 2021 2:30 am

    First meeting Wednesday.

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