Alaska
Alaska Legislature remains gridlocked over PFDs, with time running out in regular session | #alaska | #politics
Sen. Bert Stedman (R-Sitka), co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee, before a meeting on Thursday. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) State lawmakers have just five days remaining in this legislative session, and there’s still no deal between the House and Senate on an operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. They might need a special session […]
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Alaska
For rural Alaska lawmakers, local issues trumped party interests and swung the state House | #alaska | #politics
The four members of the Alaska Bush Caucus, (from left to right) Reps. Neal Foster, D-Nome; C.J. McCormick, D-Bethel; Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham; and Josiah Patkotak, I-Utqiagvik, take their oaths of office on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. On Thursday, three of the four voted in favor of Rep. Cathy […]
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