ADN Politics podcast: How the Alaska Legislature finally reached a budget deal — and what it means

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels, who reported from Juneau about what happened to break the deadlock and what it means for the Permanent Fund dividend, school funding and more.

By Anchorage Daily News
Updated: May 21, 2023 Published: May 20, 2023

Each week, host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska’s biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts.

It took marathon negotiations behind closed doors, strained relationships between lawmakers, tens of millions of dollars in additional capital spending and a one-day special session, but this week, the Alaska Legislature managed to pass a budget.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels in Juneau for the inside story on how Alaska lawmakers got to a deal.

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Members of the Alaska House on Thursday. (Sean Maguire/ADN)

Note: ADN Politics is taking a break after this episode. We’ll return in June.

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Host: Elizabeth Harball. Guests: Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire. Produced Zachariah Hughes and Evan Phillips. Editor: David Hulen.

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