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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.

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.

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.

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.

A hospital worker sets up a curbside testing area for people showing symptoms after potential contact with the new coronavirus, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Dustin Safranek | Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

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Mar 20, 2020
By Becky Bohrer Associated Press
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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.

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.’

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.

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.’

Capitol Live: House passes resolution to suspend notification rules

Live updates from the Capitol.

Dunleavy: No reason to panic, but there is reason for concern

Common sense goes a long way.

House gets tied up trying to address pandemic

Suspension resolution suspended.

Capitol Live: House pushes resolution, bills to Tuesday

Live updates from the capitol

Schools closed to students until March 30, Gov says

Precaution against virus spread.

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