Special session off to slow start, despite looming deadlines

It was a slow Monday in Juneau, as lawmakers gaveled in for the first day of their fourth special session in two years.
Gov. Bill Walker called the legislature back to work this week after it failed to pass a budget by the end of the regular session last Wednesday.
Lawmakers now have 30 days to try to accomplish what they couldn’t manage in the last four months: pass a budget and make some progress toward closing the state’s $4 billion deficit.
APRN’s Rachel Waldholz