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AttemptedPermanent Fund Dividend

Pay Alaskans back the amounts cut from their 2016, 2017 and 2018 Permanent Fund Dividends.

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

All three cited sources are reachable and each supports the ATTEMPTED outcome for this specific promise; all three quotes verify. (1) The PRIMARY gov.alaska.gov page (dated Jan 17, 2019 — the promise date) confirms the title "Governor Dunleavy Unveils PFD Back Pay Legislation" verbatim and the phrase "restoring full dividends and repaying Alaskans monies owed for years 2016, 2017, and 2018" verbatim, documenting the concrete official action of introducing back-pay bills ($3,678 total spread across 2019-2021). This is the genuine attempt through the normal process. (2) The KTOO/Alaska Public Media article confirms verbatim "Last year's bill to pay back the three previous years of PFD cuts hasn't been passed by either chamber," plus bipartisan legislative opposition (Pruitt, Edgmon, Giessel, Bishop) — establishing the legislation stalled and failed. (3) The Alaska Landmine piece confirms verbatim that "most political observers correctly saw Dunleavy's 'full PFD' and 'back-pay' concept as nothing more than a campaign tactic," and that it was never enacted, with Dunleavy shifting to a 50/50 position. Adversarial test: ATTEMPTED is precise and not overstated — there was a real, documented legislative effort (bills introduced and pushed for over a year) that failed in the legislature, and zero back pay was ever disbursed, so it is neither PARTIAL (no portion delivered) nor a bare abandonment. The outcome is clearly determinable: the money was never repaid.

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