The vetoes improve the state’s general fund balance by $16.5 million in the 2017-19 biennium and by an estimated $71 million in the 2019-21 biennium, according to a statement from the administration.
The three senators thanked Walker and state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, “for their cooperative approach in allowing for a compromise solution, a stark contrast to the Assembly leadership’s position of process over taxpayers.”