The Latest: Alaska Legislature ends special session
Posted Jun 13, 2019 05:01:33 PM.
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JUNEAU, Alaska — The Latest on the Alaska Legislature (all times local):
12 p.m.
The Alaska Legislature has ended its special session, leaving unfinished work on the capital budget and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend that guarantees another special session.
The House adjourned first, followed by the Senate.
The Senate accepted the remnants of the capital budget that passed the House Wednesday. The House failed to reach the three-quarter threshold required to fund major provisions.
But Senate Finance Committee Co-chair Natasha von Imhof said there are other projects in the budget that are funded and recommended moving forward with those while pledging continued work on the rest of the capital budget in the coming weeks.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy can call lawmakers into a special session or they can call themselves into one. The Legislature has been meeting in regular or special session since mid-January.
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10:50 a.m.
The Alaska House has adjourned the special session, leaving unfinished work on the capital budget and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend that guarantees a future special session.
The Senate was expected to meet Thursday to decide whether to accept the House version of the capital budget that left major provisions unfunded.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy can call lawmakers into special session or lawmakers can call themselves into one.
During this special session, lawmakers passed legislation aimed at addressing crime. But they’ve been unable to agree on the dividend residents receive from earnings of the permanent fund, the state’s oil-wealth fund.
Dunleavy has said they should follow an existing dividend calculation, which would result in checks estimated around $3,000. The House and Senate have voted down such a proposal.
The Associated Press
