It was a loose and eventful week in Juneau. First, the House majority and minority held strange, dueling press conferences. Second, the House Finance Committee tried to introduce a new version of the budget, only to see the whole thing blow up on the record. Third, the Senate decided to take everything out of the education bill except the $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, and then passed it the next day. And fourth, the House majority concurred with the Senate changes to the education bill and then made a loose move on the floor to reduce the full dividend in their budget to a 25/75 dividend, approximately $1,400.
Legislature Gets Loose
This was by far the most eventful, and loose, week in Juneau since session started in January. The House Finance Committee was behind schedule because their budget had a $1.8 billion deficit due to a large dividend and other additions…