Republican Representative-elect Chuck Kopp sits in his office at the Alaska Capitol on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Kopp is among the newly elected legislators who will be sworn in Tuesday.
In this photo taken Jan. 3, 2017, people come and go at the Alaska Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. A new legislative session begins Tuesday, Jan. 17, and addressing the state's multibillion-dollar budget deficit is expected to be a top priority for lawmakers.
Bachmann invented KickSpikes, a boot designed to walk on ice. Kick a button on the heel and 7mm steel cleats pop out.
More than a thousand people in Alaska dressed up as elves or in other elaborate costumes, while some stripped down to barely anything to take part in a polar plunge. The fundraiser for Special Olympics Alaska took place Saturday at Goose Lake in Anchorage, where ice was cut from a large portion of the lake to allow the plungers room to do their favorite dive, like a cannonball.