Tradesmen and technicians are still touching up the Legislature's new downtown Anchorage building, but the cranes and hardhats are gone and, on Friday, staff were hauling boxes of files and furniture into the space.
The move is beginning just as legislators and aides prepare for the annual migration to Juneau for the next session.
The rented six-story building located at 716 W. 4th Ave. is supposed to be in full operation when the session begins Jan. 20, with teleconferenced hearings emanating from Juneau and on-site information staff in their new first-floor office.
In advance of the formal opening, Rep. Charisse Millett, the House Majority leader and an Anchorage Republican, joined a few aides in leading a media tour of the rebuilt office building.