"public health emergency"

It will be months before some of the special emergency benefits end, and most Alaskans won’t notice a drastic change.

The end of the month is the deadline for the Legislature to pass a bill — and for Dunleavy to sign it — or low-income Alaskans will lose $8 million in additional food aid. 

While some lawmakers have expressed concern that the governor has issued multiple declarations without the Legislature meeting, no one has sued to try to block them.