Nellie Unangiq Jimmie
Representative · Alaska State House · District 38
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Anchorage proposes second round of child care licensing code changes
“The additional changes that are being proposed are intended to improve alignment with state regulation, reduce duplication, and modernize outdated requirements, and as well as support providers, and continue— while also continuing to maintain health and safety protections for children.”
Alaska News2h ago2 attributions
Anchorage faces $31M deficit across internal service funds
“The workers' compensation general liability fund deficit is going to be reported, as soon as you have an accurate, at something like $16.6 million. So that means in the last several years we have accumulated this growing deficit that we suddenly stopped the bleeding on this, this year”
Alaska News2h ago4 attributions
Alaska eyes $3B carbon revenue from 600,000 burned acres
“It sounds like there's definitely opportunity there, particularly with the afforestation, reforestation, revegetation type projects. We're talking big numbers in terms of acreage that's available, but we're also probably talking about significant investment on behalf of the state and whatever private sector developer we might partner with there.”
Alaska News1d ago2 attributions
Alaska, Forest Service sign 20-year shared stewardship timber deal
“The Division of Forestry recently entered into a shared stewardship agreement with the Forest Service. This is a pretty big deal. Been working on it for a long time.”
Alaska News1d ago2 attributions
House Republicans examine $24.8M in federal attorney fees to environmental groups
“The Equal Access to Justice Act, is primarily utilized by seniors and veterans”
Alaska News2d ago
Anchorage health facility secures federal approval for land transfer to expand services
“The overall request for BIA is $1.8 billion, a $647 million decrease from fiscal '26.”
Alaska News3d ago2 attributions
Alaska Senate opens special session on natural gas tax overhaul
“An act relating to the taxation of certain natural gas property, project property, and related facilities relating to the determination of the value of taxable real and personal property for purposes of calculating local contributions for public school funding relating to municipal property taxes”
Alaska News3d ago
Dunleavy vetoes transit plan, calls special session on gas pipeline tax
“I have vetoed the following bill: Senate CS for CS for House Bill 26, Transportation, an act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and relating to a statewide public and community transit plan.”
Alaska News3d ago2 attributions
Alaska Senate rejects healthcare compact bill in 11-9 vote
“9 Yeas, 11 nays. And so by a vote of 9 yeas and 11 nays, Senate CS for House Bill 110 Finance has failed to pass the Senate.”
Alaska News3d ago
Aspect Holdings addresses $100B Alaska projection, contested Teshekpuk lease
“we think there's going to be, in present value terms, potential for $100 billion of revenue wealth to the state of Alaska.”
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Oklo targets 2030 for Alaska's first small nuclear reactor at Eielson
“Our design is based on proven U.S. fast reactor technology. This isn't theory. It builds on the legacy of the EBR-2 reactor, which operated successfully for 30 years”
Alaska News4d ago
Dunleavy to Call Special Session on Gas Line Property Tax Within Hour of Adjournment
“Countries like Japan where we've got 50,000 troops or South Korea where we've got 28,000 troops, They're going around the world right now going, who will sign a purchase agreement at X price for the next 10 to 20 years where we will guarantee we will buy this gas? And when they see something like last night, they're like, oh, maybe these guys aren't serious about actually building this pipeline.”
Alaska News4d ago4 attributions
House Passes Civics Education Bill After Decade-Long Push
“I probably am going to be the only one in opposition, and I think it's for clearly for reasons why being Indigenous, and it's missing a lot of of the historical facts that are not— that would be taught. For one of them, government was based— the government adopted the Iroquois way of governance.”
Alaska News5d ago
Interior Secretary urges Alaska to build LNG project quickly amid Asian demand
“I'll take the Alaska LNG project, which is of incredible strategic importance to Alaska, to the world, to the United States.”
Alaska News5d ago9 attributions
Alaska's environmental chief calls EPA partnership under Trump the best of his career
“EPA has a role in evaluating the NEPA analyses of other federal agencies, but also it has been, I think, in the past, there has been, I think, a little— a mission creep, a little scope creep in how that work is being done.”
Alaska News5d ago4 attributions
Alaska House Advances Gas Pipeline Tax Framework
“if we move forward with this project and those export agreements do not materialize and our South Central Utilities are the base customer, gas will be very expensive. An estimate, $23 per MCF. That is almost 3— it's approximately 3 times higher than the current Hilcorp contract with Instar for the Cook Inlet Basin.”
Alaska News5d ago3 attributions
Senate panel advances gas pipeline tax bill after 36 hearings
“we're seeing a difference over the space of 30 years of about $15 billion”
Alaska News6d ago4 attributions
House Finance advances tobacco age increase, e-cigarette tax on 7-4 vote
“So on a vote of 7 yea to 4 nay, Senate Bill 24, which is version 34-LS0260/G, moves out of committee as amended with individual recommendations and attached fiscal notes.”
Alaska News6d ago5 attributions
Alaska House panel hears bill to shield ratepayers from data center costs
“President Trump proposed a new rule to require data centers to pay for their transmission lines. This rule is currently under consideration by our federal government, but essentially it says that we should not have ratepayers foot the bill for this infrastructure that is being built.”
Alaska News6d ago3 attributions
Alaska House passes fisheries tax credit expansion unanimously
“40 Yeas, 0 nays. With a vote of 40 yeas to 0 nays, Senate Bill 130 has passed the body.”
Alaska News6d ago
Senate Finance advances public safety bill with parole board overhaul
“We are increasing the number of members from 7 to 5, and instituting a two-term limit. And in addition of those new members, we're specifically saying that you need to have one who is a licensed physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist, one member with a personal or professional experience in drug and alcohol addiction, and one member of a federally recognized tribe in the state.”
Alaska News1w ago5 attributions
Gas line tax break delivers 20% savings, far less than competing states
“in the context of the competitiveness of the project, what you have in version L is a 20% discount on the property tax that used to apply or would apply if it was applied today”
Alaska News1w ago5 attributions
Senate panel weighs municipal concerns over Alaska LNG tax structure
“the first sort of comment that they made, that this— they're just generally speaking that providing an abatement and/or providing a lower tax amount, uh, lower tax method to a project for a specific project kind of sets a bad precedent for future projects”
Alaska News1w ago4 attributions
Senate panel advances bill requiring humans in autonomous commercial vehicles
“House Bill 217 seeks to regulate the use of autonomous vehicles and to provide specific requirements for autonomous vehicle use. As it relates to the movement of commerce, goods, and passengers, very specifically, uh, requiring that a human safety operator is present when an autonomous vehicle is running in Alaska.”
Alaska News1w ago
House Finance advances civics education bill after rejecting military exemption
“This bill would try to codify and bring greater attention to civics education in our state and maybe be timely insofar as we enter our semi-quincentennial celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.”
Alaska News1w ago5 attributions
Urban Design Commission splits on apartment buffer variance
“Particularly there's an adjacent property owner that has spent over $20,000 to remedy drainage from this site entering their property. And the schematic that's before us will have significantly less infiltration when you remove all of that vegetation, thereby increasing the runoff”
Alaska News1w ago2 attributions
Alaska Senate advances university regents reform bill with 2027 start date
“updates the effective date and sunset date to February 1st, 2027 and February 1st, 2033, respectively”
Alaska News1w ago
House committee advances LGBTQ anti-discrimination bill on 4-3 vote
“In 2020 decision Bostock v. Clayton County, the United States Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Alaska News1w ago4 attributions
Senate approves mental health education bill after six-year push
“17 Yeas, 3 nays. So by a vote of 17 yeas and 3 nays, the Senate has concurred in the House amendments to Senate Bill 41.”
Alaska News1w ago
Senate cuts community impact fees for gas pipeline by half
“The million dollars a mile came from— was an attempt to try to replicate the MAG report from 10 years ago, which adjusted for inflation would obviously be much more. The producers got together with the local communities and the governor's office at the time And they came up with a number, community impact fee, of around $800 million.”
Alaska News1w ago4 attributions
Senate panel advances full funding for pre-K students statewide
“It is to add a language basically calling for full funding for pre-K students. So if you go to Section 1, Version 0 amends the statute governing early education to allow enrolled pre-K— pre-kindergarten students to count as full-time students in the average daily membership rather than one-half.”
Alaska News1w ago2 attributions
Alaska House panel hears testimony on statewide spay-neuter program, no vote taken
“HB 258 establishes a statewide spay/neuter assistance program. It is designed to reduce long-term public costs associated with uncontrolled companion animal populations, including impacts on public safety, animal control, and sheltering.”
Alaska News1w ago4 attributions
House panel advances telehealth pay parity bill with wage protections
“This bill provides in the most broad basis, it's pay parity between telehealth rates and in-person rates.”
Alaska News1w ago3 attributions
Alaska House expands pharmacist prescribing powers in 32-8 vote
“32 Yeas, 8 nays. With a vote of 32 yeas to 8 nays, House Bill 195 has passed the body.”
Alaska News1w ago
Senate panel advances judicial nominee who sued judges over abortion questions
“I don't think personally that's not an appropriate question coming from me. I would not answer that. I would not ask that question.”
Alaska News1w ago4 attributions
Downtown library to be named for Anchorage's original townsite
“notice of public hearing pursuant to Chapter 1.25 shall be published at least 21 days prior and also be given to the community council where the public place under consideration is located.”
Alaska News1w ago
House rejects Galena school funding swap after dramatic rescind vote
“I don't think it's fair to basically punish the school district in Galena for having a partially funded project that's ranked number 2 on the major maintenance list.”
Alaska News1w ago3 attributions
Alaska House panel expands farm tax breaks to flowers, hay
“it has become very apparent to Senator Bjorkman that agriculture, the agriculture industry, is very integrated and that all parts of it must be equally supported in order for all parts of it to succeed.”
Alaska News1w ago5 attributions
House panel hears gas line tax bill with 15-cent volumetric fee
“General fund revenue to the state would be $2 million in 2029, increasing to $37 million by 2033.”
Alaska News1w ago11 attributions
Alaska House passes mental health education bill after emotional debate
“27 Yeas, 13 nays. By a vote of 27 yeas to 13 nays, Senate Bill 41 has passed the House.”
Alaska News1w ago
Senate panel advances gas pipeline bill with reduced community payments
“may not recoup cost overruns from the construction of the first phase of the gas pipeline by increasing rates charged to a utility. So to define cost overrun, we identified $15 billion.”
Alaska News1w ago
House panel advances retirement savings program for private workers
“If this access gap is not addressed, it's estimated that Alaska will save $708 million in increased reliance on state-funded programs like SNAP and Medicaid”
Alaska News1w ago
House Finance advances fire station grant program after rejecting rural aid amendments
“I grew up watching people, men fight fires with honey buckets, and 99.9% of the time the houses are lost because they cannot fight the fire quick enough.”
Alaska News1w ago
Senate panel advances gas pipeline bill with oil tax floor increase
“Senator Myers, the governor didn't make it conditional on a pipeline— a gas pipeline either. The governor's proposal was to increase the source of revenue for the state. So that is a partial rationale.”
Alaska News1w ago2 attributions
Anchorage zoning board approves deck variance despite staff concerns
“this is a request for dimensional variance, uh, to allow deck to encroach 2 feet into the required 5-foot side setback in the R-2A district. The previous owner built the deck. The petitioner purchased the property in 2018, rebuilt the deteriorating deck in 2019 in the same footprint as the original deck.”
Alaska News1w ago3 attributions
Alaska Legislature rejects governor's attorney general nominee
“the Department of Law launching the Joint State Anchorage Quality of Life Initiative targeting retail theft, repeat offenders, drug interdiction, and public disorder through coordination between state and local leadership, law enforcement, prosecutors, and private partners. This is something that Anchorage has needed for a long time.”
Alaska News1w ago
Donlin Gold targets 2027 investment decision on $10B Alaska mine
“over the life of the project to the, we've, you know, this project has been out there for some time. Like they've been working on this for a lot of years. Our record of local hire is right now it sits about 65% of local hire. We have employees from, I believe, 64 different villages in the YK that have worked on the project.”
Alaska News1w ago
Senate panel advances bill cutting sick leave for seafood workers
“Our next item is Senate Bill 268, brought to us by the Honorable Senator Gary Stevens. This is our first hearing on the bill.”
Alaska News1w ago3 attributions
Alaska House doubles bulk fuel loan cap to $1.5 million
“The timeliness of this is important because these communities need to be making commitments now to be able to secure their supply that will not be delivered until later this summer or early this fall. But in securing that supply, they have the responsibility to be able to pay for that fuel up front ahead of when they will actually be generating the revenue from this fuel through sales and through utility rates.”
Alaska News1w ago
Gas tax hike could net Alaska $590M over pipeline life, analysis shows
“it sounds like we're already at that ceiling, and so if this were to increase, the price at least wouldn't be passed on to in-state consumers”
Alaska News1w ago