Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Karlon Tuluk
“If you are currently breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed, you can take a short survey at TCC WIC services and to be entered to win a prize.”Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 58 · Jul 31, 2026
Karlon Tuluk
“Throughout August, Tanana Chiefs Conference will host back-to-school clinics at Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center here in Fairbanks, Upper Tanana Health Center in Tok, and Edgar Nolner Health Center in Galena. Clinics will offer well-child checkups, sports physicals, and immunizations with weekend, after-hours, and walk-in appointments available to make care more accessible accessible for families. Visit the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center Facebook page for clinic updates, times, and additional details for each participating community.”Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 58 · Jul 31, 2026
Karlon Tuluk
“Back-to-school session is almost here. And now is the perfect time to schedule your child's annual wellness visit.”Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 58 · Jul 31, 2026
Paul McDonough
“the resolution would state that the board hereby commits that it does not intend to close any schools this school year as long as there's no emergency need, like weather, epidemic, another epidemic, or something. Um, and the, the rationale I think comes from the, the superintendent's remarks way back in April, uh, where the superintendent gave many reasons why school closures this year, while it may be a cost savings measure, we have so much dust settling from other programming efficiencies, 3 years in a row of school closures... and now the board is committed to a new committee to basically re-engineer the whole process of identifying schools for closure, uh, that a year of reprieve and respite would be very needed for the community.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Paul McDonough
“I hope that as we read it in the next 2 weeks that we're able to give the community some assured understanding of where we are on school closures this year.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Jharrett Bryantt
“Fiscal stabilization is my number 2 priority because we know that we have about a $40 million structural shortfall.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Paul McDonough
“I also took up, just generally in my own capacity as a board member, in non-action items on the agenda, the Resolution 2627.01, which, if it passes through the next reading of the board, would essentially tell the— like, the board being able to express that it will limit its authority in closing schools this year. Only to emergency situations, which I think will be a supportive voice from the board to the committee to be able to say that we don't want to disrupt the process of planning a new engagement strategy by having to then identify schools to close halfway through that strategy being completed.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Adrienne Michael
“the reality is the money is available and you can impact this school year right now.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Lee Butterfield
“At 24 students in a secondary classroom, learning ends and management begins. At 35 students in a secondary classroom, management ends and triage begins.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Lem Wheelis
“I measured my classroom divided by the regulatory metric for classrooms of 1 person per 20 square feet and determined my classroom has the capacity for 38 people. That includes me, so 37 students.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Adrienne Michael
“this year classes in even our lowest grades will be double that if we do not add additional teaching positions.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Lem Wheelis
“I was encouraged to read ASD Memorandum 16 over the weekend, and I'm here tonight to urge you to pass it. We need to put every dollar we can get into reducing class sizes.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Kelly Lessens
“this proposal, in essence, in Memo 016, and quite frankly also in 016S, says with that dollar, that 5th dollar, dollar number 5, from 4 to 5, we're going to spend 97 cents, leaving 3 pennies for our students if there's an emergency.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Lem Wheelis
“I will have 45 students sitting in my classroom.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Bonnie Gurney
“I was really disheartened last week to learn that we were losing one of our most beloved, charismatic, and young teachers at Bear Valley because they were facing the prospect of a 38-wide combo class.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Christy Sitz
“Anchorage's estimated share of these state resources includes $32 million in one-time funds and millions more, millions more in energy relief. The decision sits right here. The ASD Finance Committee has brought forth a proposal to invest to hire over 50 teachers. We urge you to pass this.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Kelly Lessens
“It would approve and authorize the superintendent to appropriate $6.8 million of the $7 million remaining in the district's unreserved fund balance to reinstate up to 45 school-based FTE and restore levels of service for secondary student athlete for the '26-'27 school year”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Kelly Lessens
“The Anchorage School Board— no board in the state of Alaska should be in the position of trying to fill positions days before the school year starts and of staring down to like the bottom of the barrel with their resources.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Kelly Lessens
“$680,000 to ensure that in the first semester of 2026-27, highly gifted elementary students and student athletes enrolled in any sport retained or restored for FY27 by prior board action can safely and equitably access the educational services for which they are qualified”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Rachel Blakeslee
“ASD would be slated to receive up to $32.2 million. The waterfall funding mechanism, though, is really FY26 surplus funding that would allow us to receive that appropriation.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Jharrett Bryantt
“the short of it is that ASD has a very small margin of error because over the past several years we've spent our reserves to be dangerously low, so we do not have $32 million to gamble.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Rachel Blakeslee
“if it's determined that that funding was withdrawn, then that funding would have to be paid back by the legislature before then the third priority would be funding school districts across the state.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Kelly Lessens
“the differences between the original version and the S version equate to slightly fewer FTE, 45 in the S version versus 50 in the original version. The S version specifies that it would, that we would direct those new dollars towards teacher, building substitute, and counselor FTE.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Rachel Blakeslee
“So the original memo that I put together essentially proposed spending about $6.8 million to restore 50 FTE.”Anchorage School Board: 8/4/26 ASD School Board Meeting · Aug 4, 2026
Pat Redmond
“The motion's been made, and is there a second? I mean, and yeah, and I will second. Second the amendment, and the amendment's friendly amendment. Is there any objection to that motion? And of course, there's the three— there is no objection.”Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission · Jul 30, 2026
Pat Redmond
“maybe we want to have a public hearing when we're considering the percentage of increase that we want. We can put that before them and hear what people have to say.”Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission · Jul 30, 2026
Pat Redmond
“we have to have— we need to have public input, public hearing. And what information do we want to give to them? Do we want to provide that for them?”Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission · Jul 30, 2026
Pat Redmond
“the mayor, you can't increase the mayor's salary during the term of the office, so that doesn't work.”Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission · Jul 30, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“I have every confidence that at the end of the day, the logic, the fundamentals, the need for this project to go forward, and the tremendous benefit that this project will carry to the state is what will push this— the tax bill across the line to being passed in a form that works during this special session.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Kari Noor
“Our request is simple: Keep the path clear. Advance legislation that supports the Alaska LNG Project. Preserve a stable and competitive investment climate, address broader tax and fiscal policy separately, and give this project the opportunity to succeed.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“we've been supportive of capping the price of gas that can be sold to, to the utilities and the ratepayers of Alaska. That's an exceptional thing.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
John Sims
“Because of that reliance, because of that confidence that I had in Cook Inlet, as we sit today, if deliveries maintain at the same rate we're getting them, We will be 3 BCF short for this upcoming winter. So let me put that in a little different perspective for folks. 3 BCF is equivalent to 18 days in the middle of winter where I cannot serve any customers, not just residential, not just small commercial, any customers.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Rebecca Logan
“The message they frequently hear from investors that they are trying to bring to Alaska is, "Wait and see." We are definitely going to wait and see what your legislature does. The taxing our way to prosperity conversation is being heard outside of Alaska and it is discouraging investment.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Luke Sargey
“recent headlines have suggested that our position at Hilcorp, that we oppose this targeted income tax on Hilcorp, is against gas line development. And that's simply not true. The July 23rd letter that I sent to the legislature explains our position, and it kind of gets into the consequences of what that targeted Hilcorp income tax would cause to happen.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Joe Balash
“RDC stands in opposition along with our other trade association partners to the— unvetted, easily challenged legally provisions that have been offered more often in social media than in committee hearing for vetting.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Matthew Kissinger
“One of the benefits, or the silver linings, to have this tax bill go through now its third special session is that more and more Alaskans are paying attention.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“I think that the property tax bill now sits on the 1-yard line, the last mile, the final push up, up the mountain. Nothing ever— nothing of this scale is ever easy.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Matthew Kissinger
“Under the current statutes, this project would have to kick out an extra billion dollars a year to service those property taxes. Now, it's an economic project, but it's not economic enough to kick out an extra billion dollars a year. So this was never a question of, are we giving up a billion dollars? There is no billion dollars because the pipeline just doesn't get built unless we get these barriers out of the way.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“we've made a commitment and we've been supportive of language that was added to the legislation to ensure that ratepayers do not bear the risk of cost overruns. That means that if there is a risk that the project is over budget, frankly, we, Glenfarm, and our investors, we're going to wear that risk.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Kari Noor
“Adding unrelated targeted taxes, project-specific surcharges, or other policy provisions creates uncertainty. Even if those measures are narrowly intended, they send a broader signal that Alaska may change the rules during major investment decisions. That uncertainty affects whether companies choose to invest hire, purchase equipment, and grow in our state.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Luke Sargey
“of course Hilcorp supports the Alaska LNG project, and we're going to continue investing in the Cook Inlet to make sure that Alaska has the gas that we need during the transition. But Alaska needs a durable, long-term solution, and that solution is North Slope gas.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“I would say that I think we're in positive discussions with the executive, my office and myself, positive discussions with the legislature, key players in the legislature, and I'm optimistic that we can come to an agreement that gets enough votes to get around a bill and put this behind us.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“I have lost count, but dozens and dozens and dozens of hearings and testimony session from, from, from Glen Farn, from the Alaska Gas Line Development Corporation, from Enstar, from the Department of Revenue, from the Department of Natural Resources. This is a topic that has had tremendous focus, which underscores its importance.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“I think we're really, really close, and I, I'm being sincere. I know people have said, well, you've said that before. I do. I, I think we're really close to coming to an agreement.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“I would just encourage everyone to understand where we are with gas. It's real. The shortage is real.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
John Sims
“Now, if deliveries come as expected from the Cook Inlet for the remainder of the year, we will be 1 BCF short, which means I'll need 6 days of gas in the middle of winter for folks. That is under normal weather conditions.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
John Sims
“But from my perspective, and I think most producers would tell you this, it is no longer a viable basin. How do we know it's no longer viable? Because they have to designate it as critical infrastructure. They have to have, uh, dry well insurance. They have to have subsidies.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026
John Sims
“There's planned $6.9 billion worth of investment in JBEHR here. Fantastic news. New buildings. New infrastructure, new people moving up, $6.9 billion worth to expand JBER.”Alaska Legislature: Alaska Gasline Caucus, 8/6/26, 9am · Aug 6, 2026