Almost finished up, but no cookie yet. The Alaska Legislature has entered, today Monday April 27, 2015, the 98th day of their 90-day session. To break the deadlock around the 3/4 vote needed to access the Constitutional Budget Reserve funds, they are discussing a work-around with the Administration. APRN provides a report.
After a week of lots of gridlock and little accomplished, the Alaska State Legislature lurched into some fits of action on the budget this weekend.
Here’s what lawmakers did over the past two days: They passed a bill advancing an interior energy project, and another dealing with worker’s comp. They also held a late-night meeting that appeared to move the Republican majorities in the House and Senate closer to a budget deal.
Here’s what they did not do: Gavel out.
Despite speculation that the Legislature could wrap up this weekend, the hopes of many Capitol workers were dashed on Sunday afternoon when Senate President Kevin Meyer told his side to be back to work the next day — the 98th day of the 90 day legislative session.
A sense of anticipation had set in, after a conference committee had met at 9pm on Saturday night to resolve the points of disagreement between the House and Senate budgets.
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