Kiehl-Newsletter

It’s a holiday-heavy weekend! Passover, Easter, and Ramadan all coincide. That’s happened fewer than four dozen times since the most recent of the three holidays came into existence.

The legislative process is not known for great speed. It’s designed for thorough review and deliberation. But sometimes there’s such clear, critical need we can speed bills through.

Happy Saint Paddy’s Day, folks! There was a lot of green in the Capitol today. There were also bagpipers. So today I learned the pipes aren’t just Scottish instruments (We also did serious work. I promise.)

We got unanimity in the Legislature! It’s a red letter week. OK, we only passed two bills, but still…

OK. We’ve had enough snow to last me for a bit. You? I’m rushing to get the newsletter out in time to have some First Friday fun. I hope you’ll do the same. But before I hit send, I just want to mark the date: today would have been Dennis Egan’s 76th birthday. He put

We’re finally getting some decent snowfall again! I hope you get to have some winter fun.

We don’t take holidays—including Presidents Day—off during the Legislative session, but I hope you have a good 3-day weekend with friends and family!

Last week was so busy the newsletter is late. I would have put it out this weekend, but I spent an entire day at a fascinating early childhood education summit hosted by the Hunt Foundation.

Happy (belated) marmot day! Alaska law encourages us all to participate in “suitable observances and exercises.” If you did that on Thursday, please send a snapshot. I’m really curious.

The second week of session is drawing to a close. It started in Skagway. There was a speech form the governor, an outcry from school supporters, and things finished with a hearing on my veterans’ trapping license bill.