JUNEAU, Alaska -- Saturday's abrupt end to the special legislative session has almost certainly doomed Alaska's coastal management program.

It resulted in a capital budget higher than Gov. Sean Parnell had indicated he'd be willing to accept, and raised questions about whether all sides would be able to work together to tackle the major issues that will be facing the state next year.

"I don't think it's all that unusual to have a messy end" to a session, said Steve Haycox, a University of Alaska Anchorage history professor who's observed Alaska politics for decades. "But there's less to celebrate this time than normally."

After 117 days of meeting _including the regular and special sessions - the GOP-led House decided enough was enough and adjourned out from under the Senate. Parnell refused Senate requests to try to stop them.