As session breaks deadline, Senate passes bill to allow cellphone fee

Sen. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, during a Senate Labor & Commerce Committee meeting in March. She sponsored a bill that would allow regulators to charge a cellphone fee to support services for people who are deaf. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
The Legislature has gone past the deadline set under state law to finish the annual session – and there are few signs that they’ll be finishing their work soon.
Monday was the 91st day of the session, which is scheduled to la