Reinbold to repay per diem payments after rival raises concern

Rep. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, listens as the Alaska House of Representatives adopts a Committee on Committees report stripping her of membership on all but one committee, March 16, 2015. It was a consequence of breaking a majority caucus rule by voting against the operating budget on March 12. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
Rep. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, listens in 2015 as the Alaska House of Representatives removed her from committees as a consequence of breaking a majority caucus rule by voting against the operating budget. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)

Rep. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, is planning to reimburse the state for $948 she received in per diem payments while she was on a four-day vacation.

Reinbold’s Republican primary opponent Crystal Kennedy raised concern about the expenses.

All legislators were automatically paid $237 per day during the extended regular session this year.

According to the Legislative Affairs Agency, Reinbold told staff she had not been aware she had received the money, and that she would repay it.

Reinbold was removed from the Republican-led majority caucus last year, after she voted against a caucus-supported budget bill. Kennedy said she will join the caucus.

Andrew Kitchenman

State Government Reporter, Alaska Public Media & KTOO

State government plays an outsized role in the life of Alaskans. As the state continues to go through the painful process of deciding what its priorities are, I bring Alaskans to the scene of a government in transition.

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