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News from sources familiar with leadership meetings underway with the Alaska Senate tell us that Pete Kelly is the new Senate President.
Chairmanships are as follows:
- Majority Leader – Peter Micciche
- Rules – Kevin Meyer
- Finance – Anna MacKinnon (capital) and Lyman Hoffman (operating)
- Natural Resources – Cathy Giessel
- Judiciary – John Coghill
- Health and Social Services – David Wilson
- State Affairs – Mike Dunleavy
- Community and Regional Affairs – Click Bishop
- Legislative Budget and Audit – Gary Stevens
- Labor and Commerce – Mia Costello
- Transportation – Bert Stedman,
- Education – Shelley Hughes
- Finance Committee: MacKinnon, Hoffman, Bishop, Micciche, Dunleavy, Von Imhoff