With 10 days left, the Legislature still has a lot left to do
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May 2021
Gross joins Alaskans to call on Congressional Delegation to support prescription drug pricing bill
A bill in Congress is getting little Alaska media attention but could be a life changing for the tens of thousands of Alaskans who struggle with the high costs of prescription drugs.
Saturday in the Sun (May 8): The Living Wage edition
It’s Saturday in the Sun!
Local 71 to Bronson over claimed union endorsement: We have not and would not
The whole pledge to “cut everything but police” isn’t going over well with everything but the police.
As GOP blames unemployment benefits for labor shortage, Tuck asks ‘are they paying a living wage?’
“I think our responsibility here in the Legislature is to provide opportunity,” he said. “Not opportunity for a few, but opportunity for all.”
Justice Daniel Winfree to serve as Alaska’s next Chief Justice and first born in Alaska
Winfree was born in territorial Alaska and worked on the pipeline.
House approves bill to bring long-term planning to beleaguered ferry system
The legislation would create the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board, which would be charged with overseeing the long-term health of the system.
Republicans vote to end per-child unemployment boost earlier because they say it’s hurting businesses
Under the change, the $75-per-dependant aid, which was approved by the Legislature last year, would drop to $24 on Sept. 6 at the same time the federal increase expires.
The limits of the 21-member majority show as the budget runs off the rails
It’s making the Senate’s long floor session on the disaster declaration look quaint.
Comic: IF there was a pandemic
Guys, it was over last summer!