The Fairbanks City Council and members of the Interior Alaska delegation held their annual meeting Monday night to talk about upcoming legislative and capital priorities for the 2026 legislative session.

Some items on the priority list are continuations of past, while others were new or modified. The legislative priorities is a run-down of what the City Council would like lawmakers to champion in Juneau, along with capital requests.

Lawmakers present included Reps. Ashley Carrick (D-Fairbanks), Frank Tomaszewski (R-Fairbanks), Maxine Dibert (D-Fairbanks), Mike Prax (R-North Pole) and Sens. Robb Myers (R-North Pole) and Sen. Scott Kawasaki. Bernard Aoto, chief of staff for Rep. Will Stapp (R-Fairbanks) and Paul Menke, staff for Sen. Mike Cronk (R-Tok), were also present to represent the a

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