Alaska Senate leaders accommodate member over virus rules
Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold sits in a Senate gallery on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska, with Sens. Click Bishop, left, and Bert Stedman, right, in the foreground. The Alaska Senate voted Wednesday to allow leadership to restrict access to the Capitol by Reinbold, an Eagle River Republican, over violations of protocols meant to guard against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, Pool)

Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold sits in a Senate gallery on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska, with Sens. Click Bishop, left, and Bert Stedman, right, in the foreground. The Alaska Senate voted Wednesday to allow leadership to restrict access to the Capitol by Reinbold, an Eagle River Republican, over violations of protocols meant to guard against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, Pool)

Mar. 12, 2021 04:09 PM EST
Alaska Senate President Peter Micciche prepares to begin the start of the Senate floor session on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. The floor session was brief, with one member, Sen. Lora Reinbold, seated in a gallery rather than on a floor after legislative leaders earlier this week said she has not been in compliance with rules meant to guard against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, Pool)

Alaska Senate President Peter Micciche prepares to begin the start of the Senate floor session on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. The floor session was brief, with one member, Sen. Lora Reinbold, seated in a gallery rather than on a floor after legislative leaders earlier this week said she has not been in compliance with rules meant to guard against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, Pool)

Mar. 12, 2021 04:09 PM EST
Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold sits in a Senate gallery on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. The Alaska Senate voted Wednesday to allow leadership to restrict access to the Capitol by Reinbold, an Eagle River Republican, over violations of protocols meant to guard against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, Pool)

Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold sits in a Senate gallery on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. The Alaska Senate voted Wednesday to allow leadership to restrict access to the Capitol by Reinbold, an Eagle River Republican, over violations of protocols meant to guard against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, Pool)

Mar. 12, 2021 04:09 PM EST
Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold stands in a hearing room before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. Reinbold, who state Senate leaders say has not been following protocols meant to guard against COVID-19, participated in the hearing by video conference while other members met in the committee room. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold stands in a hearing room before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. Reinbold, who state Senate leaders say has not been following protocols meant to guard against COVID-19, participated in the hearing by video conference while other members met in the committee room. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Mar. 12, 2021 08:27 PM EST