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.
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After marathon Senate session, Legislature passes narrowed covid-19 disaster declaration bill
By the end of the marathon floor session, the promised fervent opposition to the measure had largely petered out with little debate about changes and, in some cases, little explanation about what proposed amendments did.
House approves next two years of K-12 funding, hoping to avoid uncertainty for schools
The legislation is based off the existing base student allocation funding formula, meaning funding will stay the same on a per-student basis.
House to vote on funding K-12 education through next two years
It’d keep funding at status quo levels but provide some stability to teachers and districts.
The Senate’s had enough of extreme-right Sen. Reinbold, pulls her from Senate Judiciary Committee
You’ll have to tune into the Senate State Affairs Committee for your fix of Sen. Lora Reinbold.
Senate’s scaled-back disaster bill would put serious limits on Dunleavy’s spending power
The long-awaited rollout of the Senate Finance Committee’s version of legislation extending the state’s covid-19 disaster declaration didn’t feature any talk about case rates, hospital…
It’s going to be ‘halfway’ through session forever: MEMO
Typically, legislators would be starting to think about perhaps starting to maybe wrap things up. Instead, it’s a situation best described as quiet chaos with no certain end in sight.
Infusion of federal relief dollars could mean big things for state budget: Memo
The decisions regarding the money will be a welcome change of pace.
Sen. Reinbold set to be barred from capitol after repeatedly flouting covid-19 safety rules
Now THAT is an Eagle Exit.
‘Prove it.’ Skepticism grows over speed and legality of Dunleavy’s proposed division of DHSS
The House Health and Social Services Committee is putting in extra work to understand and evaluate the Dunleavy administration’s plan to divide the Department of Health and Social Services into two departments via executive order and what they’ve found is nothing but skepticism.