Alaska Gov. Bill Walker (I) “vetoed much of the underfunded operating budget sent to him by the Alaska Legislature and warned state employees that 15,000 of them could be without a job on July 1 if the Legislature can’t come up a fully funded budget,” the Fairbanks News Miner reports.

“The Legislature sent Walker a $5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins on July 1, but only about $2 billion in funding. Instead of total shutdown partway through the year, Walker opted to maintain services he deemed necessary while vetoing or partially vetoing others.”