Welcome to the tenth edition of The Carrick Capitol Connection! As the snow begins to melt and the daylight hours grow longer, work continues down here in Juneau in the Alaska State House. This week could have been labeled “public testimony week,” as we have taken significant amounts of testimony on important issues including increasing the Base Student Allocation (HB 65), fixing our broken retirement system (SB 88), adding LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections to state law (HB 99), and the operating budget (HB 39/HB 40).

Welcome to the seventh edition of the Carrick Capitol Connection! The halls of the Capitol are buzzing with activity as the Legislature works to hold committee meetings, go through our budget process, and navigate an increase in COVID cases that have arisen in our crowded working environment.