Governor declares budget stalemate, lawmakers take a break

“It is clear that negotiations have reached a stalemate,” those were Governor Bill Walker’s words, released Friday, on the situation in Juneau.
Walker is now promising a compromise budget package after he said he would step in when layoff warnings went out to state employees.
In the meantime, lawmakers have taken a break until Tuesday, when both the House and Senate have scheduled technical floor sessions. Members of the Senate were advised by leadership not to return to J