The Alaska Legislature struck a budget deal this evening, the first day of the special session. It includes $1,300 PFDs and a boost to public school funding.
Members of the House Minority leave the chamber on Thursday, May 18, 2023, after passing the budget.
Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, said finally getting a list of capital budget requests from the House Majority helped seal the deal. Senate Finance Co-Chair Bert Stedman introduces an amended budget on the Senate floor as House Minority members watch. With energy in the final weeks focused on the budget, the Legislature adjourned without passing several high-profile bills, including one to reform involuntary commitment laws for mentally incapacitated people and a program to pump greenhouse gasses back into the ground.
House majority leaders had a similar take. Johnson said his caucus would be more prepared with demands next year. “Would we have liked it to be higher? Well, absolutely,” said Rep. DeLena Johnson, a Republican from South Anchorage. “But you know, you can sometimes only get to meet in the middle.”
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