University of Alaska economist Brett Watson looked at what you can buy with this year’s $1,000 dividend compared with 1982 ...

Alaskans file their Permanent Fund dividend applications in downtown Anchorage in March 2016. This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend will be exactly $1,000. Payments to more than 600,000 Alaskans are set ...

The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) was created in 1982 to give residents a share of the state’s resource wealth. The program is funded by investment earnings from oil and mineral royalties, ...

As Alaskans get ready to receive their Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) checks deposited into their bank accounts, you may not know why or how it came into existence, and that’s the topic of this month’s ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The truck that arrived ahead of schedule at Allyssa Canoy’s home in Fairbanks brought enough heating fuel for the frigid winter months ahead — and a surprise bill for $2,600. Canoy ...

A $1,702 check is set to go out in October—but it’s not a federal stimulus payment, and it won’t reach every American. Despite viral claims online, this payment is actually part of a long-standing ...

Alaska plans to start distributing to residents the annual dividend payment derived from the state’s $83 billion oil wealth fund JUNEAU, Alaska -- The truck that arrived ahead of schedule at Allyssa ...

Main street shops in Skagway, Alaska. Voters in the state created the Alaska Permanent Fund in 1976, during the heady, early years of oil in the state - John Greim/LightRocket/Getty Images The truck ...