Alaska Legislature votes to establish holiday marking ratification of state constitution Alex Bengel
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Alaska may have a new state holiday.
On Monday, March 18th, the Alaska House of Representatives voted to establish “Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day.”
The holiday on April 24th would honor members of the Alaska Constitutional Convention and the ratification of the state constitution in 1956.
The bill passed in the State Senate on April 23rd of this year.
However, controversy arose over naming the holiday after Fischer and Coghill.
Republican Steve Thompson, Representative for District 2 said, “Yes, Jack Coghill and Vic Fischer were members, but no more instrumental than all of the delegates and staff.”
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