Alaska House Majority Coalition

Thank you for taking the time to read my legislative updates. Recently there have been some important developments that you should know about which could affect the lives of every Alaskan for years to come.

The House finally organized into a majority/minority structure this week by giving Rep. Bryce Edgmon from Dillingham enough votes to become Speaker of the House. He was the speaker for the last two years and I look forward to working with him again as a member of the majority.

Well, this was a big week in the Alaska Legislature. On Wednesday, the governor released his proposed FY2020 budget, and on Thursday I was pleased to see the House organize with a bipartisan coalition.

What a week it has been. On day 31 of the 31st legislature we elected Rep. Bryce Edgmon as Speaker of the House. This has been an unusual start to a session and I know at times frustrating to watch. With the budget coming out this week I think you can see why the stakes are so high this session. What hasn’t been seen is the number of conversations that have taken place about the budget and how to move our state forward. There have been many productive conversations and....