Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
0:22
Pat Higgins
“I think this gives a, a good reflection that we're not at odds with that study, and I think that's an important issue.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:47
Dora Wilson
“the repetitive nature of continuing to communicate that particular message, I think, is awesome because For many reasons, that message is not received. And so just to kind of put that, prioritize that in the messaging that needs to be in what I'll call the basic messaging. But basic messaging is really important for those legislators and for our community to understand that we cannot have smaller class sizes because we cannot afford to have that.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:47
Paul McDonough
“this policy makes it clear that the science is that they're inadequately funding our district. If we do not have the, the Pikus Oden numbers, which can be amended by a future governance committee and then a future board, if the science changes. Um, but if we don't have them in here, it makes our ability to raise a lawsuit a lot more unclear”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:17
Pat Higgins
“the goal here is you got litigation going on in regards to what is, uh, adequate funding, and we don't want to do anything inconsistent with that.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:53
Paul McDonough
“this version with its red lines does a good job at achieving what we think is the proper means of coming up with class size averages through evidence-based analysis of the science, while still also acknowledging that our main job is to comply with state statute.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
1:06
Paul McDonough
“I appreciate the board's intent in this policy where we have basically two tiers. Um, I'll make a, a note for the record that the way this reads in the Intention of Governance Committee, seems that the, the top 2 numbers are indeed the maximum compliance thresholds, and we're, we're still not in compliance with those. But the second numbers are the scientific evidence-based numbers”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:28
Paul McDonough
“I move to approve ASD Memorandum 178, um, with the S version attached describing the board policy for 6, 1, 5, 1.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:08
Carl Jacobs
“That motion is adopted by a vote of 7 to 0.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:56
Paul McDonough
“one of the larger intents here is that we don't unintentionally endorse the legislative position on class sizes. Um, I think people in this room especially know Alaska has local defined in our state constitution. And I actually was a critic of the HB 165, but then it's, it's movement into other bills, uh, because the state can recommend whatever it wants, but it's up to us to actually determine what is our standard.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:21
Paige Brown
“is it the board's will to get the financial delta for both class size targets, both the one in the bill as well as the Pikus Avenue? I'm assuming so. I just wanted to clarify.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:53
Dora Wilson
“I understand that the legislature would like to see certain class sizes. We don't have the budget for that. I also absolutely would love to see the lower class sizes, which our students need and deserve. Again, we don't have the budget for that”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
1:08
Kelly Lessens
“President Jacobs said in that meeting, I want to send the legislature a bill, right? And this gives the administration space to develop its own guidelines for pushing effectively, for pushing at the bill for the delta for the class sizes that we have not been able to attain for a very, very long time and don't appear to be able to attain in the near future.”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:38
Kelly Lessens
“the superintendent shall ensure that key stakeholders receive this information within 1 week following the board's annual passage of the district's budget”Anchorage School Board: 6/13/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Jun 13, 2026
0:43
Speaker C
“In this version, 93% of the alternate volumetric tax in the North Slope Borough on the gas treatment plant carbon capture facility, and 93% of the alternate volumetric tax in the Kenai Peninsula Borough on the LNG export plant goes to that community, as it should, with the 7% balance going back to the state.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:51
Sara Hannan
“Many of my concerns, uh, over the about the bill in general that I've heard from constituents have been addressed to some degree. Ratepayer protections, project labor agreements, increased transparency, increased funding to make sure that we are positioned for impacts on communities.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:37
Zack Fields
“I would argue that an alternate volumetric taxation structure is fundamentally more pro-growth, fundamentally more fair to local governments, and fundamentally more fair to all residents of the state who benefit from state-funded public services.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
1:07
Andrew Gray
“This bill caps it at $16 per MCF with inflation adjustment. That is reassuring to me, but I do want to say, just so that folks, my constituents, understand that the price, uh, from Cook Inlet Gas right now is $11 for MCF. So Whatever we do, whether we're importing and it's coming out of the gas line, at least in the beginning, people are going to be paying more”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:15
Speaker A
“12 Yeas, 27 nays. By a vote of 12 yeas to 27 nays, Amendment Number 2 has failed to pass the body.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:44
Speaker C
“this amendment would carry forward the instability this House Finance Committee version is trying to fix. And for those reasons, I would oppose the amendment.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:36
Speaker C
“The bill now ensures that the RCA cannot approve gas sales contracts that force Alaska ratepayers to pay for cost overruns on the project.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:10
Speaker A
“34 Yeas, 5 nays. By a vote of 34 yeas to 5 nays, House Bill 381 has passed the House.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:50
Ashley Carrick
“this legislation is not what determines whether or not this project has a green light and the developer moves forward. With developing. But what this bill means to me today, Mr. Speaker, and what passing this legislation ultimately is to me, is about ensuring those protections for our communities and still maximizing the opportunity that this pipeline could bring”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:40
Speaker C
“After the holiday, the project pays a tax based on how much gas is flowing through it, not at guessed-on property assessment values, but on real throughput. The rate is currently 6 cents per 1,000 cubic feet in the pipeline and 13 cents on the gas treatment plant and carbon capture and 13 cents on the LNG export plant.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:27
Speaker C
“we have heard from the Department of Revenue and our legislative consultants that the current rate is, is competitive. The amount of ABT currently in the bill is considered the maximum extractable rate consistent with the project moving forward.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:40
Dan Saddler
“It's long been clear that during all the fiscal analysis over the years that Alaska's property tax situation has been a major impediment to the economics of building an 800-mile steel pipeline to bring our tremendous amount of resources to market.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:43
Speaker C
“The tax framework only takes effect if the developer commits to 3 things: putting up the funding for the Municipal Impact Fund— that's between $40 and $80 million— signing a project labor agreement that covers all 3 major facilities, and building the Fairbanks Spur Line with construction starting within a year of getting the permits.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
1:04
Speaker A
“according to the ISO report, um, the ISO people, um, they say that if we lose the drill ground, our total aggregate ISO score drops from 61.1 to, just a hair over 60, which would be enough to bump us from a Class 4 to a Class 5 community.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:04
Speaker A
“I believe that is something the mayor and the borough manager is working on.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:34
Speaker A
“The training tower is a little bit more of a problem to move. If you take it apart, it's likely not to go back together. The hope is to be able to separate the little one-story attachment to it, the— what we call the burn room, from the tower itself and be able to either brace or secure the tower itself so that we can pick it up and lay it down on a large oversized trailer and move it.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:29
Speaker A
“They are currently working on the adaptation of a new service area that is Thomas Bay. Um, in that there's a proposal to include fire, EMS, and police services to that area, specifically the Thomas Bay area.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:43
Speaker A
“as the population increases, we are looking at larger subdivisions out towards Papke's and things like that, and I do think it is in the borough's best interest to look at going to an area-wide model.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:38
Speaker A
“as volunteers, they are never like 100% ready, always able to respond. So we usually get a fraction of that. Um, I don't have like a running count off right here in front of me of actually who's responding, but I mean, a good rule of thumb would be a third of that amount to, you know, at best a half at any one time. So if you cut those numbers in half, it would be 14 members of the fire department, for fire, about 16 to 18 members in EMS.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:45
Speaker B
“we're down another dispatcher, so we have 3 openings in dispatch, 2 openings on the patrol side for a police officer. Hopefully the union can work something out with the borough and increase some wages and get some longevity steps worked in so we can better fill and serve— fill the positions and serve the community.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:32
Speaker A
“I've heard there may be a plan on how to pay for it, but I'm not familiar with the details, so I'm not prepared to speak on it at this point.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:30
Speaker A
“if ISO is correct, that would be an approximately increase in 10% across the board for those who do have insurance.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:25
Speaker A
“I got a list of questions on May 27th from the borough manager. If you'd like, I can read them to you, or you can just see them. I can pass this around, whatever you guys want to do. But they have some questions they'd like answered about both the 14th Street site and the site right next to the current Station 1.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:39
Speaker A
“officially it is the end of the year, so December 31st. Um, they have a notice to other leaseholders in the area that they are to stop operations by the end of September. And so I'm hoping to get that stuff out of there before the snow flies”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:17
Speaker A
“I've been told there may be a working plan, but I have not been included in that conversation, so I cannot speak to how it is being funded.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
1:18
Speaker B
“Having the ability to hang equipment on those towers, increase the range of public safety radio equipment, um, it's in the borough's best interest, I believe, because we would save hundreds of thousands of dollars by not having to construct towers or other avenues”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:34
Elizabeth Appleby
“if you're a single-family owner, it's $710 to come for a public hearing here”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:26
Jason Norris
“I was wondering, in B1, the increase from 5% to 10%, what was the logic behind that? Is it because you saw a large number of potential minor modifications that would have been approved if it was 10%? Or was it that you felt that that was reasonable to ask for in one bite?”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:49
Elizabeth Appleby
“this would be a future public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Planning and Zoning Commission would make a recommendation to the Assembly as to the adoption of the AO.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:37
Jason Norris
“I'm also trying to find what is, what is the threshold that really matters? Where, where is it worth the time and effort to bring it before the body? And, and the money, you know, is significant for a lot of people.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:16
Speaker A
“Case 2026-0076 is postponed to a date uncertain.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:54
Elizabeth Appleby
“I'm almost leaning towards wanting to just respond to the questions on the data and bring back a revised draft where I know I've gotten at least some kind of legal counsel as well so that I can more accurately depict what I think is possible for changing this or or what our advice from them is.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:52
Speaker C
“it seems like that's kind of happening, and we might have to have a discussion or something about what, what the Harbor Department's going to do when presumably we're in their hands, in our lap. Yeah, we're going to have to think about, uh, well, if we have to monitor it, then, you know, that'll be extra cost. We'll have to have another employee, we'll have to have more equipment, snow blowers or power washers, I'm not sure, but at least snow blowers and another vehicle.”Petersburg Borough: Harbor Advisory Board Meeting · Jun 11, 2026
0:45
Speaker A
“Recent word came to the borough that the application for conveying approximately 8.8 acres of DNR tidelands at Papke's Landing is ready to transfer. The borough is just waiting a formal letter to transfer of DOT's dock ownership to the borough before conveyance occurs.”Petersburg Borough: Harbor Advisory Board Meeting · Jun 11, 2026
0:12
Speaker A
“Yeah, ball of worms itself.”Petersburg Borough: Harbor Advisory Board Meeting · Jun 11, 2026