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Print article JUNEAU The case of a severely ill Alaska Senate aide is influencing how the Alaska Legislature deals with a senator who has declined to follow the Legislature’s pandemic precautions. As of Thursday, seven people who work in the Alaska Capitol have tested positive for COVID-19 since an outbreak began in late February. An additional 22 people have quarantined in connection with those cases. Konrad Jackson, a top aide to Senate President Peter Micciche, is one of the seven cases and has been hospitalized with significant breathing problems. A spokesperson for Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau confirmed that Jackson is a patient there. Through the spokesperson, Jackson referred questions about his condition to Capitol officials. ....
Print article JUNEAU The Alaska Senate voted on Wednesday to allow its leaders to exclude Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, from the state Capitol and most in-person legislative activities because of repeated refusals to follow precautions against COVID-19. Immediately after the vote, Reinbold attempted to convene a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which she chairs. The Senate secretary and Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, withdrew all staff from the meeting. “This meeting is canceled,” he told Reinbold, who sat in the chairman’s seat, filming Micciche with her cellphone. Reinbold can still participate in committee meetings by phone and she can cast votes from a spot in the Senate’s spectator gallery, Micciche said. ....
Eagle River lawmaker escorted from hearing after again violating Capitol’s mask rule Published March 9 Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, is seen with House Rules Chairman Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham (left), state Capitol security guard Michael Beausoleil, and Speaker of the House Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, in a meeting of the House Health and Social Services Committee on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Reinbold was escorted from the meeting after being asked to wear an anti-COVID mask that complies with legislative rules. (Gavel Alaska screenshot) Share on Facebook Print article JUNEAU Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, was escorted from a meeting of the Alaska House Health and Social Services Committee on Tuesday after being asked to wear an anti-COVID mask. ....