Current vote counts are unofficial, but Senate President Cathy Giessel and the five trailing House incumbents would need dramatic changes in the remaining votes to win.
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Sitting Alaska Republican lawmakers face reckoning from voters in primary
Across Southcentral and Interior Alaska, challengers who generally had raised less campaign cash than the incumbents were at least holding their own.
Alaska House passes budget at rapid pace, leaving dividends until later
Members of the Republican House minority voted against the budget, citing the lack of PFD funding.
Alaska Legislature fails to override vetoes of school bond reimbursement, ferries
The vote of 37-20 fell short of the 45 votes needed.
Alaska House absences draw attention
Any of four absent members could have changed the outcome of a vote to fund the capital budget this week.
Updated: Capital budget funding fails in House vote
The Alaska House of Representatives failed again to approve funding for the capital budget Monday morning. A measure that would draw funding from the state’s Constitutional Budget Reserve fell one vote shy of the 30 necessary for passage.
Alaska House passes sweeping crime bill
House Bill 49 would mark the third time the Legislature changed major provisions of the controversial criminal justice law known as Senate Bill 91.
House chooses Foster as temporary speaker, but there’s still no majority
Speaker Pro Tempore Neal Foster was able to swear in House appointee Sharon Jackson, but the legislative body still can’t form committees or start work on bills until a majority comes together.
House passes bill to allow bonds to pay off oil and gas tax credits
The state owes the companies more than $800 million in credits.
Ferry reform effort gets a legislative boost
The effort to reform the Alaska Marine Highway System took a step forward Thursday. The House Transportation Committee voted to instruct staff to draft legislation that would establish a public corporation to take over the system. But it’s a long way from a done deal.