The Alaska House Finance Committee has approved a bill that would eliminate most state employees’ merit raises until oil prices rise, but Juneau legislators say they don’t expect the measure to advance much farther. “It does seem that it would have a hard time passing the House,” said Juneau Democratic Rep. Sam Kito III, who predicted a “big floor fight” if House Bill 379 advances to a vote of the full House.
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