Mike Prax is a former Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly member and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. worker. He was the Interior Alaska coordinator for the election campaign of Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
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Tammie Wilson resigns from Alaska Legislature to take state job
Wilson is taking a job with a state agency that she’s often fought against during her 10 years in the Alaska House of Representatives.
With Arduin out, Dunleavy administration wants commissioners more involved in budget process
Alaska state lawmakers say they’re looking forward to learning what Dunleavy’s plans are for the budget.
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.
Legislature seeks new path to fund vetoed programs
A draft bill discussed Monday would set permanent fund dividends at $929 to have a balanced budget. House Bill 2001 would both reverse Dunleavy’s vetoes to the operating and capital budgets and set the dividend level.
Lawmakers remain far apart, physically and politically, as time runs out for veto override
Dunleavy issued a second round of line-item vetoes, this time on the capital budget. Legislators in Juneau criticized the changes, but didn’t vote on overriding them.