The second regular session of the 29th Alaska Legislature gets underway next month and the discussion in the halls of the state capital will likely again be centered around the state’s three and a half billion dollar budget deficit. Sitka Democrat Jonathon Kreiss-Tomkins, Petersburg’s representative in the Alaska House, will be helping to make some of those difficult decisions about the state budget as well as trying to advance other legislation he’s introduced.

Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins addresses the Alaska House of Representatives, March 12, 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska)

Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins addresses the Alaska House of Representatives, March 12, 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska)


Kreiss-Tomkins sat down with KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki to talk about the upcoming session.

The new session starts up January 19th.