Senate President Pete Kelly said his caucus was right to oppose an income tax last year. Anchorage Democratic Sen. Berta Gardner, the minority caucus leader, said a broad-based tax is still needed.
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Lawmaker seeks to up Alaska’s legal age of marriage to 18
An Alaska lawmaker is seeking to change the state law that allows a person as young as 14 to marry. State Sen. Berta Gardner is planning to introduce legislation to up the legal age of marriage to 18 in Alaska.
Nonpartisan report says Wilson incident in June wasn’t sexual harassment
Lobaugh wrote in a report released Tuesday that the video showed Wilson held his cellphone about one to two feet away from the hemline of the aide’s skirt for four seconds.
Fourth special session opens with differences over crime, tax bills
Of the two items on the special session agenda, there appears to be more urgency to pass the crime bill.
Sharp comments reflect bad feelings as Legislature starts 2nd special session
House majority’s handling of budget debate compared to Pearl Harbor attack, tyranny and Jim Crow laws.
Alaska state senators scour budget in hopes of $300M in cuts
The Senate subcommittees looking to trim state agencies’ budgets are finding much smaller cuts.