Walker: Legislative inaction will cause self-inflicted disaster

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker talks about the state’s budget on June 1, 2016, during a press conference in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)
Gov. Bill Walker says the state is in a fiscal crisis as a result of inaction by the Alaska Legislature.Walker has long resisted referring to the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit as a crisis, calling it a challenge instead. He has said that it’s only a crisis if nothing is done.
But on the first day of the new special session Mo