Alaskans to get $878 in yearly oil fund payout this year

Sean Irvin browses phones at a Best Buy store Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska. It's one of the ways Irvin plans to spend his yearly Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, whose amount was being announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)It's not much — $878 — but Sina Takafua isn't balking at her first annual payout from Alaska's oil savings account.


Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.