We are in the last two weeks of session! There are no longer 15 minute meetings
scheduled back to back to back. Now there
are few if any meetings during the day and extended floor session and committee
meetings. There are plans for
legislators to work all weekend as well.
Today the Legislature officially went in to 24 hour rule. This rule allows that if Legislator’s request
their piece of legislation to be heard, that the committee chair can schedule
their bill at any time with little notice.
With this in place, staffers and Legislators need to watch the schedule
24/7, which puts everyone on high stress alert.
This week I attended two committees besides the two that I attend
regularly Monday through Friday. I went
to watch a presentation on Alaska Native Justice and Alaska Native Students
Achieving Academic Excellence in Alaska’s High Schools. I was particularly interested in the
discussion on AK Native Justice about Tribal Law and Alaska’s criminal justice
system.
This week was also Tlingit and Haida Tribal Assembly was
held. I got to watch speeches by
potential President and Vice President candidates. I also helped cook for a dinner that my
uncle, Ed Thomas, hosted on Thursday night for assembly and attended his
retirement party.
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