Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced the August special session will begin on August 16. His decision, in consultation with the Alaska Department of Law, comes after yesterday’s written request from the four caucus leaders in the Alaska Legislature to convene the start of the August special session on August 9 or 16.

Originally published by The Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy on July 29, 2021.

A program that provides financial assistance for electricity in high-cost areas won’t be funded. Neither will state-sponsored university scholarships.

Those programs and most of the dividend funding depended on three-quarters of the House members agreeing to draw money from the Constitutional Budget Reserve. That failed by six votes.