The COVID-19 pandemic emergency may have officially ended, but the coronavirus is still having an effect on the Alaska Capitol. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Sen. Scott Kawasaki, in a hallway in the Capitol on Feb. 16, 2023, holds up the strip that shows he has tested negative for COVID-19. Kawasaki said he opted to take a test that day. , but the coronavirus is still having an effect on the Alaska Capitol.
“We’ve had too many hot cases of COVID in the building, and we’re worried about having the Senate Finance Committee slowed down or even stopped,” he said. “It’s running through the building,” said Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage and the Senate Rules chair.
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