Alaska Legislature

The Alaska Senate is also considering the proposal.

Attackers failed to breach the Permanent Fund dividend division during an attack in March, a division official said.

The proposal advances to the Alaska Senate, where lawmakers appear more skeptical.

The Legislature’s biggest education overhaul in a decade is leaving some lawmakers wary, but others warn that failure to adopt the associated reading reforms could risk a veto of a boost to classroom spending.

The 90-day mark will be reached Sunday. Lawmakers last finished within the 90-day limit in 2013.

We reviewed hundreds of annual financial disclosures from state legislators, high-ranking executive branch officials and others. Here are the most interesting nuggets we found.

The House plan now goes to the Senate for consideration, as lawmakers consider how to spend and save a wartime oil price surge.

The payment is part of a settlement that dismissed claims against the governor, who was found personally liable.

Prior attempts have not ended state-paid abortions, which are protected by rulings from the Alaska Supreme Court.

The payments would be a combination of a one-time $1,300 “energy rebate” and a Permanent Fund dividend of about that size.

One proposal would create a new program for police and firefighters, but a key legislator says she’s worried about the risk.

Roughly 10% of the 400 legislators and staff at the Capitol have tested positive in the past few days. But lawmakers say there’s little political will to enact tougher measures than voluntary masking and testing.

The Alaska House canceled another floor session Wednesday over what Speaker Louise Stutes said was an unwillingness by some minority Republican lawmakers to comply with masking rules.

Five of six signed a letter saying they will voluntarily answer questions during a legislative committee hearing.

While Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate remains the highest in the nation, House leaders spent Monday publicly arguing with minority Republicans who refused a directive to wear masks.

The 40-member state House will begin considering a draft of the state’s operating budget on Monday.

One teacher says lawmakers’ focus on Permanent Fund dividends is “maddening” when schools have been denied increases to the per-student spending formula for nearly a decade.

A federal court overturned Alaska’s campaign contribution limits last year.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s bid to divide the massive agency goes into effect July 1 unless legislators quickly hold a hearing and then reject it in joint session.

The bill would make it illegal for the state to withhold services based on COVID-19 vaccination status and ban private businesses from requiring COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for employment.