Published: June 29th, 2011 10:21 PM
Last Modified: June 29th, 2011 10:59 PM
Last Modified: June 29th, 2011 10:59 PM
Gov. Sean Parnell on Wednesday vetoed some $400 million in spending, including energy projects, weatherization and rural school construction. Parnell said his vetoes would leave the capital budget at about $2.8 billion, including a billion dollars going into energy projects.
He left the entire $34 million in state spending for the new University of Alaska Anchorage sports arena and cut $500,000 from the $2 million appropriation the Legislature approved to help the struggling Great Alaska Shootout basketball tournament.
Parnell vetoed $7.5 million of the $37.5 million the Legislature appropriated for the troubled Port of Anchorage expansion project and cut the entire $4 million for the creation of the Waldron Lake park in Anchorage.
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