The fate of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda was in Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s hands — and she used that leverage to force a series of changes that will deliver more federal dollars to her state.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling state legislators back to Juneau for a surprise special session. On Wednesday, the governor issued a proclamation stating that the session, which begins Aug. 2, will cover education reform and his executive order creating a new Department of Agriculture.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is headlining an emergency virtual town hall hosted by the Alaska Democratic Party on Wednesday, ramping up speculation over his potential 2028 ambitions. The virtual

Around 12 hours later, after she had convinced Senate leaders to change the bill to benefit her state and voted for the legislation, ensuring its passage, Murkowski said the last day had been “probably the most difficult and agonizing legislative 24-hour period that I have encountered.

A local advocacy group gathered more than 2,700 signatures for each proposition within the city clerk's office’s extended deadline. A third to make in-person voting the default again in Juneau’s local elections failed to get enough signatures.