New House majority boosts Southeast lawmakers’ power

The new bipartisan House majority caucus includes Juneau’s Sam Kito III, far left, Juneau’s Justin Parish, second from the left, Sitka’s Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, center, and Ketchikan’s Dan Ortiz, second from the right. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO/APRN)
After years in the legislative minority, all Southeast representatives are in positions of power.
The new bipartisan House majority and Republican-led Senate majority have named regional lawmakers to chair six committ