Major progress eludes Alaska Legislature this week

The Alaska Capitol Building in Juneau on Tuesday. There was little progress on reaching budget agreements this week, three weeks ahead of a potential government shutdown. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
Despite a looming deadline, lawmakers made no major progress this week on reaching agreement on a state budget and a plan to balance the budget in future years.
Gov. Bill Walker tried to make progress on Monday by putting out his own compromise proposal. He didn’t get very far.
He took the Sen