Legislature convenes for special session

House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, wields the gavel during the first day of the second regular session of the 29th Alaska Legislature, Jan. 19, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North.)Alaska lawmakers are back at work Monday after failing to pass a budget by the constitutional deadline last week.
It’s the first day of a special session called by Governor Bill Walker.
Lawmakers now have 30 days to try to do what they couldn’t in the past four months: agree on a budget and make some