Day 119: 'An exercise in futility'
The Legislature heads to overtime with little apparent movement on the intractable differences between the House and Senate. Meanwhile, the Alaska Redistricting Board won't give it another go.
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.
