Visitors to Alaska State Capitol will be screened under newly awarded contract

The front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau is seen on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Visitors to the state Capitol in Juneau will have to go through a metal detector under a policy adopted on Monday.
The Capitol visitor screening policy was approved in a 9-4 vote by the Legislative Council, a body made up of members from both the House and Senate that sets the rules for the Capitol complex.
Lawmakers did not publicly discuss or debate the policy c