Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 19:36:07 GMT -6
It’s over, but not done.
At 11:46 a.m. Sunday, the Alaska Senate adjourned the fourth special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature.
Forty minutes later, Gov. Bill Walker issued a proclamation stating that the fifth special session will begin on July 11. On its agenda will be three items: Using the earnings of the Alaska Permanent Fund to pay for government operations, reforms to the state’s system of oil and gas drilling subsidies, and a suite of tax increases.
“I am absolutely convinced that if we don’t fix this now, then our challenges next year will be even more magnified,” Walker said in a press conference Sunday afternoon.
All three items were on the agenda for the fourth special session, too.
Read more: peninsulaclarion.com/news/2016-06-19/legislature-adjourns-walker-calls-fifth-special-session
At 11:46 a.m. Sunday, the Alaska Senate adjourned the fourth special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature.
Forty minutes later, Gov. Bill Walker issued a proclamation stating that the fifth special session will begin on July 11. On its agenda will be three items: Using the earnings of the Alaska Permanent Fund to pay for government operations, reforms to the state’s system of oil and gas drilling subsidies, and a suite of tax increases.
“I am absolutely convinced that if we don’t fix this now, then our challenges next year will be even more magnified,” Walker said in a press conference Sunday afternoon.
All three items were on the agenda for the fourth special session, too.
Read more: peninsulaclarion.com/news/2016-06-19/legislature-adjourns-walker-calls-fifth-special-session