How can I breath a "sigh of relief" now?   Absent the Governor's signature this bill to appropriate funds is no solution. How can the State spend money in the next fiscal year without a lawful appropriation?    The Legislature passing a bill to fund government isn't lawful until the Governor signs it.  Has he (or will he) sign this appropriation bill into law?  That is the operative question.  If Governor Walker signs this bill into law to avoid those "pink slips" than, absent numerous line item vetoes to other appropriations to match revenues from other than the CBR,  how does he explain his decision to allow this "kicking the can down the road"?  How does he explain this decision to all groups from the Associated General Contractors, to GCI, to the Native Corporations, and to all the other Alaskan groups an individuals who have expended so much time and energy supporting him on his effort to implement his permanent solution this year?