Sean Maguire

May 9—JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature is slated to approve a bill that would allow Alaska women to get a year's worth of prescription birth control at one time.

The Alaska State Capitol building, photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

The regular session must end by midnight Wednesday. Legislators hope several major policy reforms pass before then.

(ADN archives) JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Sunday approved creating a task force to make policy recommendations to help the beleaguered commercial fishing industry.

Legislation would create an integrated transmission system and a statutory framework for carbon storage.

Sens. Donny Olson, D-Golovin, Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, and Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, sign the final conference committee report, which advances the budget to a final vote.

The House and Senate held lengthy floor hearings with a day to go until the end of the session.

A sign for Hilcorp Alaska is seen on an office building in Midtown Anchorage on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Several senators speak to Andrew Jensen, Gov. Mike Dunleavy's energy policy adviser, shortly before a final Senate vote to approve a new Railbelt transmission organization in Juneau on May 15, 2024 (Sean Maguire/ADN)

Jaime Harrison, chair of the DNC, speaks to Juneau Democratic Sen. Jesse Kiehl at the Alaska Democratic Convention in Juneau on May 17, 2024 (Sean Maguire/ADN)