Petersburg Pilot -

Hello again from Juneau. We're down to crunch time now, with the major focus being on the budgets, education funding, and oil taxes. The House is now primarily hearing Senate bills. The Senate is doing the same, by hearing House bills during the last week and a half of the session. There will be hundreds of bills that will die at the end of this session. Less than ten bills have passed both houses.

The Senate passed their version of the Operating Budget, changing the House version in hundreds of ways. Among other things, I was pleased to note that the Senate added more money for early educ...