Day 117: The cracks are showing
As the House and Senate have a staredown over the budget and the dividend, it's hard to ignore that they're not exactly on the same footing.
Day 115: Marcum rejected and reappointed
Out of a job on the Board of Regents, Marcum heads back to the Alaska Redistricting Board.
Day 113: 'We need to do something drastic'
A permanent increase to Alaska’s public school funding formula is a step closer to reality.... but, wait, but aren’t schools swimming in money?
Day 112: 'Capitulation would be nice'
We're into the final week and a half of the regular session without a whole lot of resolution on the session's big issues.
Day 108: ‘Show some leadership’
As talk about taxes and fiscal plans loom, we really need to ask the question of where we want to be in the end.
Day 106: 'Expect nothing less'
The House State Affairs Committee gets an earful on the RCV repeal; The Senate Finance Committee gets to work on pensions.
Day 105: The home stretch
We’re into the final stretch of the session, and it’s time for things to get weird.
Day 101: A confetti cannon of unnecessary paperwork
The House Education Committee heard the complaint that the "parents' rights" bill didn't have enough education in it and introduced a new version that makes all classes opt-in.
Day 99: 'God made me, too'
HB99, a housing anti-discrimination bill, advanced today but not without a fair bit of far-right whataboutism.
Day 95: 'Impossible to ignore'
The Alaska Supreme Court's long-awaited ruling on the redistricting saga is out and it's a doozy.
