Rep. Sara Hannan (D-Juneau) spoke with KTOO’s Mike Lane last week just before the session started.
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Lawmakers return to Juneau with four months to address a packed agenda
Lawmakers have the next four months to act on a multitude of issues facing the state, from a possible gas pipeline to the perennial question of how the state will pay its bills.
After party breaks up, Alaskan Independence members will get official notice from state
The Alaskan Independence Party’s leadership formally dissolved the organization in a vote on Dec. 7.
Alaska lawmakers return to Juneau on Tuesday. Here’s what to expect.
A lengthy agenda awaits lawmakers when they return to the Capitol on Tuesday.
Proposed surcharge on oil would help pay for responses to climate-related disasters in Alaska
A bill introduced before the start of the legislative session would help the state pay for action to address expensive and sometimes deadly events like landslides and floods, the sponsor says.
Alaska kicks off billion-dollar effort to ‘transform’ rural health care
Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of President Trump’s spending- and tax-cut law passed this summer.