Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
0:29
Mike Dunleavy
“I've heard throughout the last couple months, we're rushing this thing, it's too big, let's slow it down, from many of the same people that just in the Senate were introducing amendment after amendment after amendment that nobody ever saw. So that kind of doesn't make much sense.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
0:39
Mike Dunleavy
“the most, um, forward-leaning base in America protruding into the Arctic and the, and the Pacific with 200 trillion cubic feet of gas. They import gas from Canada to fuel their bases. I don't know, maybe it's just me, seems a little, little different, a little strange.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
0:27
Mike Dunleavy
“35 In the House. A number in the Senate, so the vast majority of legislators want to get stuff done, wanna get something done for the people of Alaska, not just something, but something good. We can do it tomorrow. If people are seriously interested in getting something done, it could be done tomorrow.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
0:11
Gary Stevens
“36 Yeas, 24 nays. Thank you. The joint legislative session has failed to override the governor's veto of House Bill 52.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:37
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“That is simply, simply not what SB 41 would do. The bill wouldn't create a state takeover of local classrooms.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:18
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“our children are watching. They are watching. They are hoping that we hear their voices and understand their pleas for help. They're looking to us for leadership, compassion, and action.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:19
Gary Stevens
“by a vote of 43 yeas and 17 nays, the joint legislative session has overridden the governor's veto of CSRA House Bill 195 Finance.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:31
Gary Stevens
“38 Yeas, 22 nays. And so by a vote of 38 yeas and 22 nays, the joint legislative session has failed to override Senate Bill 41.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:26
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“It didn't strip authority from local school boards. It didn't replace community values with one-size-fits-all mandate. In fact, it sought to provide communities with better tools to address a crisis that is impacting students in every corner of our state.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:24
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“Governor Dunleavy has made this personal. And he made it personal because it's affecting our kids who, who are hurting, Mr. Speaker and Mr. President. So I rise today with disappointment. I'm shocked, and yet somehow I'm inspired, um, following the beat of Senate Bill 41, a bill that will save lives in this state both now and for generations to come.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:27
Gary Stevens
“House Bill 52, relating to minors in psychiatric hospitals. Senate Bill 41, relating to mental health education.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:48
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“online blogs and commentators mischaracterized this bill, spreading claims that were not only false, but harmful. Those misunderstandings ultimately found their way into the governor's veto message as well. The governor claimed this bill would place the state in the role of imposing upon school districts and mandating development of mental health education.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:38
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“Alaska has the highest suicide rate in the nation. In many rural communities, suicide rates are nearly 4 times that average, the national average. Teaching our students how to recognize mental health challenges, seek help, and support one another is one of the most basic and meaningful steps we can take to address this crisis.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
0:17
Jesse Kiehl
“So if the project's components end up costing a whole lot more than that, retaining some of that value, the mill equivalent will be lower and that will just be lower, right?”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:44
James Kaufman
“We've got a big question on page 27 with respect to the construction timeline of it possibly being a deal killer with respect to finance.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:13
Alexi Painter
“This just fixes that rather than have it vary if capital costs change from what are projected now. And then this, again, these rates will all grow with inflation based on those 1 to 3% sideboards.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:33
Lyman Hoffman
“Our intent is to get action on all of these points. And that is the dilemma that we're facing. We've had extensive dialogue with the administration to date. And at some point, we need to proceed down the path of getting a bill across the floor.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:42
Pete Eklund
“Replaces the previous component-weighted base tax, as I stated earlier, on throughput with a single tax rate on throughput of the project, applying to the entire project, escalating over time.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:54
Pete Eklund
“the tax abatement and the AVT do not apply to a natural gas project if by January 1st, 2028, a final investment decision has not been made on Phase 1 of a natural gas project, or number 2 there, on December 31st, right, or by December 31st, 2032, construction of a gas pipeline associated with Phase 1 of the natural gas project has not been completed. So you have to come into FID by January 1st, '28, and complete Phase 1 by December 31st, 2032.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:26
Alexi Painter
“So 6% goes off the top to North Slope Borough because that'll be the location of the mini gas treatment plant. And then the remaining revenue is split equally to municipalities by pipeline mileage. And then to community assistance.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:17
Alexi Painter
“Starting in Phase 2, the tax rate is 10.6 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. This is the same as the effective tax rate as modeled by DOR under the House version.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:40
Bert Stedman
“I think if they meet the previous date of final investment decision by January 1st of '28 and start construction, I think there'd be probably be some flexibility by the legislature in the event that there was some unforeseen black swan events or something that messed up the construction, slowed it down intentionally, or whatever to, you know, we can change these and modify these going forward. This is not in the Constitution.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:22
Alexi Painter
“Then that would double, so 4.8 mills, and then double again to 9.6 mills. Of course, property value is not going to be fixed over the life of the project. So it is possible that after 30 years, the project will be worth less because it will be 30 years old or they will have done work and the value will go up. It removes that variable.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:34
Bert Stedman
“there has been a lot of dialogue with the administration, AGDC, and members here, and the other legislation that's been circulating around the building, trying to come up with something that focuses on getting to a gas line and not an obstacle to block construction of the gas line.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:41
Alexi Painter
“So in this committee substitute, in Phase 1, as Mr. Eklund said earlier, the tax will be 6.2 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. That was kind of a rounded version of the effective tax rate of the House version during that phase of the project. So that bill had a 6-cent tax on the pipeline component and and then a 13-cent tax on the gas treatment plant. With the smaller gas treatment plant, that blends to a rate of about 6.2 cents, just rounded to the nearest cent of a cent in this bill. And when this tax takes effect, the revenue split is in box A there.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
1:03
Pete Eklund
“The most significant change is that the committee substitute in front of you does not use capital expenditures as a component of the tax rate or the collection of the tax. Instead, it returns to a single tax rate at each stage of the project. These rates were developed to match the effective tax rate under the House version of the bill based on the Department of Revenue's modeling of the bill. So during Phase 1, the committee substitute sets the tax rate at 6.2 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, which is a blend of the 6-cent tax on the pipeline and the other body's version, and the impact of the— we've been referring to a mini gas treatment plant, Mr. Chairman, that would be— have to be put in place in Phase 1.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:06
Pete Eklund
“These changes are intended to make the tax easier to understand and much easier to administer.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:50
Pete Eklund
“it adds a new potential termination of the abatement period and the alternative volumetric tax if a final investment decision is not reached by January 1st, 2028, and if construction of the pipeline component is not completed by December 31st, 2032.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:41
Pete Eklund
“Note, all these tax rates grow with inflation, bounded between 1% and 3%. And that is a change from the other body's version where the inflation was capped at growing at 1 to 2%. The split of the tax between the local governments and the state is also fixed in this committee substitute rather than depending on capital expenditures. The splits are designed to match the effect of the House version as modeled on slide 42 of Department of Revenue's presentation last Monday.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
1:00
Lyman Hoffman
“I believe that there is going to be further deliberation both by the full body of the Senate and anticipate additional amendments at that time. But the reason that we're proceeding today with passing the committee bill out is so that we have ample time for members to draft any amendments that that they may see fit to improve the legislation for consideration of the full body.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:48
Bert Stedman
“the concern this morning was to get this legislation adopted on the table here so members could write amendments as needed and we'll have them discussed on the floor. But for the public, you can't write an amendment to a bill that doesn't exist until it gets out of Finance. So we had to get this bill adopted.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:51
James Kaufman
“Financing, because it leaves open the problem that one— one problem that pops up could possibly threaten that, and that is going to make it very hard for anyone that's going to finance this to consider that, because any force majeure— I don't know if that's covered here— a pandemic, something, an earthquake or whatever, could put them in jeopardy. And so I think And AGDC is right here in the room, but we are told that we have to take them at ease. We can't even bring them up to speak to potential concerns that might be in this piece of work”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:39
Pete Eklund
“During Phase 2, the committee substitute starts the tax rate at 10.6 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, which matches the effective rate for Phase 2 on slide 40 of Department of Revenue's presentation to this committee on Monday, the 15th. Thank you. The tax rate then doubles after 10 years and doubles again in 2060. The last tax increase is in place of the sunset provision in the other body's version of the bill.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:34
Alexi Painter
“So assuming the capital costs match the DOR projections, then this would make no substantial change, but it doesn't require collecting capital cost data. So then this bill has a couple of new provisions that were not in the House version. So the first is that after 10 years after Phase 2 begins, there is an additional levy. So in addition to the 10.6 cents, there is another 10.6 cents $10.6 million. So essentially, the tax doubles at that point.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:36
Alexi Painter
“In 2060, the tax will double again, so going from 21.2 cents to 42.4 cents. And then the additional amount of revenue raised by that, that tax increase will go entirely to the general fund as UGF revenue.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:26
Alexi Painter
“The other body's version, rather than this, in 2060 had a sunset that returned to the mill rate formula. Instead, this keeps the AVT but at a higher rate. And so again, those earlier shares continue, but as the taxes increase, the increased amount goes to a different place.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:10
Jesse Kiehl
“This is a straight fixed cents per 1,000 cubic feet regardless of the value?”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:45
Alexi Painter
“Starting when this tax takes effect, which would be 5 years after Phase 1 first gas or 500 million per day average throughput. All tax rates grow at a rate equaling CPI, but not less than 1% and not more than 3%.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:10
Lyman Hoffman
“This morning we have only one item on today's agenda, that being HB 381, oil and gas property tax and municipal tax.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:34
Alexi Painter
“This initial tax will be— will go through the distribution in Box B. So this provides 48.4% of the tax to Kenai Peninsula Borough, 27% for the North Slope Borough, 9.5% by pipeline mileage. That again includes both of those local governments, but also others in the state. 9.5% To community assistance, and then 5.6% to the state as general fund revenue. And these amounts are again the approximate result of the House version of this bill, just without the weighting.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:31
Alexi Painter
“So the mill rate for the other body's version I think worked out to about 2.4 mills. And so the initial amount here for Phase 2 would be about that 2.4 mills.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
0:19
Stanton Gregor
“I'm going to be voting yes tonight. It's first reading. I generally do when I get to before the public hearing, but I imagine we'll be hearing from some of the telecommunication companies on this amended version to see how that feels for them.”Petersburg Borough: 6.15.2026 Assembly Meeting · Jun 19, 2026
0:23
Stanton Gregor
“The resolution passes unanimously on a 6-0 mark.”Petersburg Borough: 6.15.2026 Assembly Meeting · Jun 19, 2026
0:17
Stanton Gregor
“just as a point of clarification for you, Ms. Ummer, the land sale failed on a 2-4 basis, just, just as a detail, just so you know.”Petersburg Borough: 6.15.2026 Assembly Meeting · Jun 19, 2026
0:34
Stanton Gregor
“Ordinance 2026-14, an ordinance amending Title 19 Zoning of the Petersburg Municipal Code to regulate wireless communication facilities and other towers and transmitters. This will be the first reading.”Petersburg Borough: 6.15.2026 Assembly Meeting · Jun 19, 2026
0:33
Stanton Gregor
“Resolution 2026-14 passes unanimously, 6 to 0, in its first reading.”Petersburg Borough: 6.15.2026 Assembly Meeting · Jun 19, 2026
0:23
Stanton Gregor
“I do support this amendment. As those who are listening at the last meeting when we discussed this ordinance, that was my primary reason of voting no. I didn't feel like going through a full amendment process during that meeting. My time— my thinking at the time was to either have Planning and Zoning looking at— look at it, or legal counsel. So, um, uh, I feel like this is an important amendment for the very specific reasons Member Newman mentioned.”Petersburg Borough: 6.15.2026 Assembly Meeting · Jun 19, 2026
1:04
Erin Baldwin Day
“The former, or I guess still current operator of the facility expressed to us that there were Several hundred thousand dollars worth of work in needed repairs and replacements at the Sullivan, and that those included major concession area work, walk-in coolers and freezers, compressors, LED visual displays, life safety upgrades, security systems, ice rink equipment, sound system components, etc. And I did not do any homework to verify the validity of those claims that were made. So I'm curious, I really want to be sure that if there— that we have a plan for addressing those things that does not leave a new operator on the hook for potentially significant investment that they did not plan for.”Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Proposed Management Contracts for the Sullivan, Boeke and Dempsey Ice Arenas · Jun 18, 2026