Permanent Fund tops $50B threshold

Published August 8, 2014 11:27pm ET



ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Permanent Fund ended the fiscal year with a value of $51.2 billion.

Officials say in a release it’s the first time that the fund, which provides the annual oil-wealth checks to the state’s residents, has topped the $50 billion mark.

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