With lawsuit looming, Gov. Walker signs oil tax credit bonding bill
The bill’s not expected to go into effect until a pending lawsuit is resolved.
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State of the Race: Legislative Races, Day 3 (House Districts 21-30)
Sorry for the delay everyone, today’s roundup of races includes quite a few rematches so I spent the day running down the rabbit hole of…
Green Button: Eight winners and some honorable mentions from the 2018 session
From smoking bills to university and from foster care to the wealthy, here’s our winners list for the 2018 legislative session.
Bill that would knock per diem initiative off the ballot hits wall in Senate
Some legislators might not be so thrilled to be on the same ballot as a measure targeting their per diem.
House Finance approves extra money for public defenders amid constitutionality concerns
Without the additional funding, public defenders would be working beyond their ethical limit leading to slowdowns, delays and mistakes.
Initiative to toughen Legislature’s ethics and per diem rules has enough signatures for 2018 ballot, backers say
The initiative would ban lobbyists from buying legislators meals, rewrite the rules for conflict of interest and end per diem payments if legislators haven’t passed a budget by the end of the regular session.
Public office integrity initiative clears legal hurdle for 2018 ballot
The prime component of the proposed initiative would bar legislators from collecting per diem payments ($295 per day) if the operating budget is not passed by the end of the regular session.
Proposed initiative would end legislative per diem if legislators can’t pass budget
A proposed voter initiative for 2018 would cut off legislators’ per diem payments if they don’t pass a budget by the end of the regular…
Friday in the Sun (July 14, 2017): More gossip on Grenn recall, a seating snafu and a box office bump-in
There’s more gossip on the Grenn recall effort, speculation about 2018’s elections and word of a bump-in at the movies.
Group accusing Rep. Grenn of incompetence files recall petition with the wrong election office
The petition already been rejected, The Midnight Sun has learned. The problem? The group filed the paperwork with the Municipality of Anchorage and not the state.