The deal also includes $57 million for this year’s payment on oil and gas tax credits. Legislators say it should be approved by both chambers tonight.

The Senate bill intends to defund Planned Parenthood for one year, a position that Murkowski has said she cannot support.

Political attacks in Juneau have stepped up in the past two weeks. It feels like late October, with a General election around the corner. Of course, thats a long ways away.

The House Majority’s budget, the PFD lawsuit and a puzzling political challenger.