Five things to watch in Alaska’s legislative session

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Five things to watch in Alaska’s legislative session
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With legislators to be sworn in Tuesday, Alaska's coming legislative session heralds a new bipartisan coalition in the Senate, disarray in the House and a continuation of the seemingly unshakable debate over how to calculate the Permanent Fund dividend.

. While the House was unorganized, representatives were unable to hear any bills or hold any committee meetings, grinding legislative work to a halt.

Last week, the governor came to the Senate majority coalition’s retreat to talk with the caucus for 90 minutes over lunch. Senators who attended the meeting described the conversations as productive and said that Dunleavy told them he wanted to make a fresh start. “It’s bringing so many people from these different backgrounds and different levels of experience with the Legislature onto a similar page, at least about what we’re going to be doing for the next few months,” said Fairbanks Democratic Rep.-elect Ashley Carrick, who served as a legislative aide for the past six years.

The 20-seat Senate has significantly more legislative experience and six freshmen. Three incoming senators — Matt Claman, James Kaufman and Kelly Merrick — have served in the House, and Sen.-elect Cathy Giessel previously served in the Senate for a decade until 2021. Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a budget plan last month that included a full statutory dividend, which would amount to a payment of nearly $4,000 to every eligible Alaskan. But some legislators said that adopting dividend amount — without introducing substantial new taxes — is guaranteed to harm state services.

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