Special session off to sluggish start in Juneau

Thursday marked Day 122 for lawmakers in Juneau – the first day of a special session after the Alaska Legislature failed to pass a budget before its constitutional deadline Wednesday.
By midday Thursday, the halls of the Capitol were sparsely populated. Many lawmakers had already left town for the weekend, acknowledging that work wouldn’t ramp-up until next week.
The big sticking point between the two legislative bodies remains a broad-based tax. The Democrat-led House and Governor B