The Senate operating budget has a point to make
That it can be balanced... without a PFD.
Angry, Young and Sick. Fairbanks' covid-19 surge could be a sign of things to come.
The consequences of your actions.
After long, exhausting and mostly dumb weekend, the House postpones final debate on the budget
Things went off the rails.
As the budget advances, the size of the PFD starts to take shape
The House Finance Committee finally wraps up work on the budget with a larger-than-expected majority voting against a big PFD. Now a $500 PFD is on the horizon.
After marathon session, Legislature finally approves covid-19 disaster declaration
It took nearly seven hours, but the Senate churned through three dozen amendments and approved a narrowed extension of the state’s covid-19 disaster declaration on Wednesday night.
Who could've possibly seen this coming?
$8 million in federal food stamp funding, which would fund about 2.2 million meals, is on the line if the Legislature can't pass a disaster extension in time.
We're all over the pandemic, but that doesn't mean it's over
Patience is in short supply after 13 months. It's not an excuse to rush headlong into another outbreak.
And the Reinbold came back the very next day
She just couldn't stay away.
Want to buy: More time
In a move that no one except for everybody could have seen coming, the Legislature is winding up to kick the can on the state’s fiscal woes for another year.
The problem with high-tech solution to elections
In today’s edition: A rundown on Sen. Shower’s election bill as it finally, maybe gets a public hearing, education funding, the daily guidance and reading list.
