class="MsoNormal">The Alaska State Capitol in downtown Juneau
was originally built as the Federal and Territorial Building in 1931. Prior to
statehood, it housed federal government offices, the federal courthouse and a
post office. It also housed the territorial legislature and many other
territorial offices, including that of the governor. Today, it is still the
home of the state legislature and the offices of the governor and lieutenant
governor. Other executive branch offices have largely moved elsewhere, in
Juneau or elsewhere in the state, in the ongoing battle between branches for
space in the building, as well as the decades-long capital move issue. Recent
discussion has been focused between relocating the seat of state government
outside of Juneau and building a new capitol building in Juneau. Neither
position has advanced very far. The Alaska Committee, a local community
advocacy group, has led efforts to thus far keep the capital in Juneau
