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House rejects supplemental budget once again

Things are stalled.

A patient, who tested positive for the coronavirus, had contact with the first floor of the state office building at 410 Willoughby Ave., according to an email from DEC Commissioner Jason Brune. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

Breaking: Known COVID-19 case had ‘contact’ at state offices in Juneau

Building is ‘minimally staffed.’

A patient, who tested positive for the coronavirus, had contact with the first floor of the state office building at 410 Willoughby Ave., according to an email from DEC Commissioner Jason Brune. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)
Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a press conference in Anchorage on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Alaska counts its first COVID-19 death

Stay six feet apart.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a press conference in Anchorage on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)
Senators discuss amendments to a COVID-19 emergency funding bill on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Bills are passed, but stalled as final details hammered out

Work is going full speed.

Senators discuss amendments to a COVID-19 emergency funding bill on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Juneauite among Alaskans stranded abroad

State Department is working on it.

As coronavirus cases rise to 36, state mandates travel restrictions and business closures

More cases likely to come.

Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, speaks to Sen. Click Bishop, R-North Pole, on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Senate passes $12 billion budget, moves to adjourn early

Put’s a strain on state savings.

Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, speaks to Sen. Click Bishop, R-North Pole, on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Capitol Live: Senate passes 2021 budget bill, includes COVID-19 funding

Live updates from the Capitol.

Dr. Anne Zink, chief medical officer for the State of Alaska, front, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a press conference in Anchorage on Thursday, March 19, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Gov ID’s 2 new COVID cases, issues travel advisories and orders business closures

More testing available.

Dr. Anne Zink, chief medical officer for the State of Alaska, front, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a press conference in Anchorage on Thursday, March 19, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Dunleavy announces economic stimulus, legislators try to rush budget

Expediency may run into politics.

COVID-19 testing is available, but can be costly

Doctor visits and tests before COVID test.

Without changes, GOP lawmakers see little reason to vote for supplemental budget

Different views on the crisis.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces the state of Alaska has its first positive case of the new coronavirus, during a news conference Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

3 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in state

State working with federal authorities.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces the state of Alaska has its first positive case of the new coronavirus, during a news conference Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Workmen install a Foodland IGA sign at their downtown store on in August 2016. Foodland and other local grocers are reserving hours for people especially vulnerable to COVID-19. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Supermarkets reserve hours for seniors, vulnerable people

Safe social distancing.

Workmen install a Foodland IGA sign at their downtown store on in August 2016. Foodland and other local grocers are reserving hours for people especially vulnerable to COVID-19. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, speaks before the Senate passes a supplemental budget, Wednesday, March 18. (Courtesy Photo | Daniel McDonald)

Senate passes supplemental budget, House goes into the evening

‘I don’t have a choice.’

Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, speaks before the Senate passes a supplemental budget, Wednesday, March 18. (Courtesy Photo | Daniel McDonald)

3 new COVID-19 cases confirmed, brings total to 9 in Alaska

“This could be the tipping point.”

Rep. Chuck Kopp, R-Anchorage, speaks in support of his bill to recognize Alaska’s 229 already federally-recognized tribes on Friday, March 13, 2020. A photo of Alaska Native civil rights pioneer Elizabeth Peratrovich can be seen in the background. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

House passes bill to recognize Alaska’s tribes

Tribes have self-governed for millenia.

Rep. Chuck Kopp, R-Anchorage, speaks in support of his bill to recognize Alaska’s 229 already federally-recognized tribes on Friday, March 13, 2020. A photo of Alaska Native civil rights pioneer Elizabeth Peratrovich can be seen in the background. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

3 new COVID-19 cases confirmed, restaurants and bars to close

‘We can get through this.’

Gov. Sean Parnell speaks to the Downtown Rotary Club during their luncheon at the Baranof Hotel in 2011. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Gov announces new team to address economic impact of pandemic

‘All in it for Alaska.’

Gov. Sean Parnell speaks to the Downtown Rotary Club during their luncheon at the Baranof Hotel in 2011. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Capitol Live: House passes resolution to suspend notification rules

Live updates from the Capitol.