Thanks for your work.  The good Senator could not convince the Superior Court and that will be a burden he must overcome.  Also, Senator Wielechowski  must also  overcome constitutional language that appears in (Article 9 Section 16) which certainly describes the PFD as an appropriation: " Except for appropriations for Alaska Permanent Fund Dividends...."   

The state government made a deal with Alaskans which basically stated: "We will send you a check from the earnings reserve  and you will not care what we do".  When the revenue stream from the Permanent Fund exceeded that from oil revenues, the Statutory Budget Reserve was spent and with the CBR  almost gone, that deal had to end.   Given our small population tax revenues simply cannot fill the void and the earning reserves of the Permanent Fund are no longer sacrosanct only to be used for PFD payments (appropriations) or returned to the fund.  This is the reality of post oil Alaska......