Alaska Gov. Dunleavy vetoes 9 bills; lawmakers override 2 as special session concludes
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James Brooks
Summary
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed nine out of 82 bills passed by the state legislature, extending his record-high veto rate. The vetoed bills included measures for mental health education in schools, a private-sector retirement plan, and corporate income tax updates. However, lawmakers successfully overrode two vetoes — one expanding pharmacists' powers and another concerning the state's board of engineers and architects — which became law. Sixteen other bills, including a measure raising the age of consent, became law without gubernatorial veto.
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· 3 pulledAlaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy extended his record-high veto rate Thursday by vetoing nine of the 82 bills passed by lawmakers in the second year of the 34th Alaska State Legislature.
Among the vetoed bills were measures that would have provided mental health lessons to kids in public schools, created a retirement plan for private-sector workers who don't have one and updated the state's corporate income tax system.
Two of the vetoed bills — one expanding the power of pharmacists and the other covering the state's board of engineers and architects — were put into law Friday
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