“We have zero ability to bond and help the Port of Anchorage,” said Senate Finance Committee co-chair Anna MacKinnon.
Politics
When Alaska’s lawmakers get loopy
In the end-of-session flurry of lawmaking, some strange things happen, especially at the tail end of marathon sessions.
Alaska lawmakers spare public radio but propose cutting public TV funding
“I think people made the case on radio that it was very important to rural Alaska,” Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, said in an interview after the meeting. He added: “TV, not so much.”
Legislature confirms Hopkins to AGDC board, Williams as corrections chief
A joint session of both houses voted 31-27 to confirm Hopkins to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation board.
Gov. Walker pushes reset button on water protection bills
The federal government requires states have a process for designating extraordinary water bodies for high levels of protection, which is what these bills were intended to establish.
Bill to update Alaska’s ‘toothless’ military justice code advances
Investigators looking into allegations of sexual assault and harassment within the Alaska National Guard two years ago found no real recourse for cracking down on perpetrators. This bill would give the outdated military code teeth.