In recent weeks, lawmakers have stepped up their efforts to push forward a return to a defined-benefit retirement system for public-sector workers.
First responders gathered by the dozens outside the Alaska State Capitol in mid-April. Sen. Jesse Kiehl , D-Juneau, was one of several lawmakers who addressed the crowd.
But in recent days, the mostly Democratic and independent minority coalition has tried to move it forward. The House minority leader, Rep. Calvin Schrage, I-Anchorage, asked lawmakers to discharge the bill from the State Affairs Committee in a late-night floor session on Wednesday. Rep. Craig Johnson, R-Anchorage, who chairs a State Affairs subcommittee examining the bill, said the delay is because lawmakers don’t have the full financial picture. Johnson says they’re waiting on reports from actuaries detailing various estimates of how a pension system would actually cost.
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