New Alaska Legislature starts session with fresh faces, old problems

A new Legislature met in Juneau Tuesday to start work on closing the state’s yawning fiscal gap.
The first day of a legislative session in the Alaska State Capitol feels a lot like the first day of school. Some of last year’s members have graduated and moved on, while a new class of freshman lawmakers is learning its way around the hall – a freshman class that makes up a quarter of the 60-member 30th Alaska State Legislature.New #akleg House is sworn into office by Lt. Gov. Byr