With time ticking, little public progress on state budget

Despite a looming deadline, lawmakers made no public progress this week on reaching agreement on a state budget and a plan to balance the budget in future years.
State Capitol building (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)Listen now
Alaska Public Media’s Lori Townsend talked to AKPM and KTOO reporter Andrew Kitchenman about the stalemate.
Lori Townsend: “What will it take to reach a compromise in Juneau?”
Andrew Kitchenman: “If there was a clear a