Each week, host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska’s biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Earlier this month, a commission that decides salaries for the Alaska Legislature, the governor and top state officials voted to give all of them a significant raise. If the proposal goes through, state lawmakers could receive a 67% pay raise, alongside a roughly 20% raise for the governor and his cabinet. It happened in a 15-minute meeting – with a commission that had been entirely replaced by the governor just days before.
Now, some members of the public — and lawmakers themselves — are raising questions about that process.
Host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire to help explain how it happened – and what happens next.
Host: Elizabeth Harball. Guest: Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels. Produced by Elizabeth Harball, Zachariah Hughes and Evan Phillips. Editor: David Hulen.
Feedback: podcast@adn.com
Support local and state news, subscribe to ADN today.
Sponsored by SteamDot Coffee
Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, via RSS, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
Previous episodes:
March 17
March 10
March 3
Feb. 24
Feb. 3
Jan. 27
Jan. 20
Jan. 13
Dec. 23
Dec. 16
Dec. 9
Nov. 18
Nov. 10
Nov. 4
Oct. 28
Oct. 21
Oct. 14
Oct. 7
Sept. 30
Sept. 23
Sept.16
Sept. 9
Sept. 2
Aug. 26
Aug. 19
Aug. 17
