The upper chamber of the Alaska State Legislature — 20 senators representing single-member districts. Considers and votes on bills, confirms appointments, and joins the House on appropriations.
Alaska State Capitol, 120 4th St, Juneau, AK 99801
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Matt Claman
“The S corp provisions of this legislation continue to trouble me, and it, And that also is reflected in the division that I see within my district.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Floor Session - July 16, 2026 11:00am · Jul 16, 2026
James Kaufman
“I believe this bill should have been about trying to enable the gas line, keep it as tight as we could to this subject, and not veer off into the other issues that end up thwarting or at least stalling it. So I hope we can get there. I guess I don't think this will be it, so I'll be a no on this.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Floor Session - July 16, 2026 11:00am · Jul 16, 2026
Robert Yundt
“I was very very proud to vote for this bill last month, not because I thought it was perfect or even that I thought it was really that good, but because I knew it would lead to conference committee and that we would have another crack at it.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Floor Session - July 16, 2026 11:00am · Jul 16, 2026
Matt Claman
“They were set up as a limited liability company. Company like over 11,000 companies in Alaska and because we have no personal income tax, when they came to Alaska there was no tax on them. There was no loophole. They came up with the existing structure.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Floor Session - July 16, 2026 11:00am · Jul 16, 2026
James Kaufman
“instead of the bill that we should have been working on, I believe, to deal with the tax treatment to enable the lifeblood of energy in Alaska for its citizens and the potential for monetizing that and really changing the game fiscally for the state became instead a bit of an attack on the ongoing situation that we have, which if we want to try and resolve our tax structure broadly with respect to the S corp, that's a worthy issue. Do it separately.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Floor Session - July 16, 2026 11:00am · Jul 16, 2026
Robert Yundt
“I have in my life seen a few ugly babies. And I will never admit to them which ones they were, but what I will tell you is they all grew up to be very beautiful, productive members of society. And that's where I think this bill could go. It's got a little bit of an odor.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Floor Session - July 16, 2026 11:00am · Jul 16, 2026
Alaska Legislative Council approves $851,400 for KTOO's Gavel Alaska coverage
The Alaska Legislative Council approved a contract worth up to $851,400 with KTOO Public Media to continue Gavel Alaska coverage of legislative proceedings.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Alaska's audit watchdog gets a new leader, inheriting a fisheries probe and a new power over the governor
Mark Lundahl takes over as Alaska's acting legislative auditor Aug. 31, inheriting a Board of Fisheries special audit and new access to state oil and gas tax records.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Gas tax package still off the Senate floor as the special session nears its limit
The Alaska State Senate met Monday for a technical session, waived roll call and other opening business, took up no bills or resolutions, and adjourned until 2 p.m. Friday, August 21.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Dunleavy vetoes hunting residency bill and university fee bill
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill tightening residency rules for hunting, trapping and sport fishing and a bill requiring the University of Alaska to itemize student fees. Both veto messages were read into the Alaska State Senate record Tuesday during a technical session with no vote.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Senate majority to regulators: reconsider the rejected gas storage project, and make BlueCrest produce
At a press availability Monday, Alaska Senate majority members said they are sending a letter asking the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to reconsider its denial of Enstar's Kenai gas storage petition. They also called on the governor to get BlueCrest's undeveloped Cosmopolitan lease into production.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min readAI
Alaska Senate Majority says gasline tax break waits on Glenfarne financial numbers
The Alaska Senate majority says it won't commit to the gas pipeline tax break without detailed financials from Glenfarne and Gov. Dunleavy, as cost estimates range from $44.5B to $70B.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago4 min readAI
Governor's disaster declaration unlocks state aid for Talkeetna flooding
A July 25 disaster declaration authorizing state public assistance for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough over Talkeetna flooding was read into the Alaska State Senate record Tuesday during a technical session.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
Alaska Senate opens fourth special session with technical session, adjourns to Friday
The Alaska State Senate opened the fourth special session Monday in Juneau as a technical session, taking no action on natural gas taxation and adjourning until Friday, July 31. Members heard the governor's proclamation and word that the House had killed HB 381.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska Senate passes LNG bill as Republicans warn it kills financing
The Alaska State Senate passed LNG legislation 11-8 on July 16, drawing immediate opposition from Senate Republicans who say three provisions Glenfarne warned against four weeks ago will make the project impossible to finance. A fourth special session is scheduled for July 27, with supply agreements Republicans say will begin expiring in roughly two months.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska Senate passes HB 381 oil and gas tax bill 11-8, with dissenters signaling more work ahead
The Alaska State Senate passed the conference committee substitute for House Bill 381 on a split 11-8 vote Thursday, advancing legislation that reshapes oil and gas property taxes and governs the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, but senators who voted no said the S corporation tax provision needs to be fixed before the bill can do what it promises.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Dunleavy vetoes six bills, including invasive species and polystyrene measures
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed six bills on June 24, including measures on invasive species management and polystyrene food containers that passed with bipartisan support. The Alaska State Senate received the gubernatorial messages in a technical session Wednesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska LNG tax bill advances as working draft, disputes unresolved
The Alaska Legislature's conference committee on HB 381 adopted a new working draft Thursday, with members raising disputes over how the alternative volumetric tax applies to required local contributions, among other provisions. Chair Schrage said the committee would take a few days off for the holiday weekend before reconvening to refine the bill further.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago3 min readAI
Kenai's $9.4M school-cost risk may never actually come due
One version of Alaska's HB 381 gas-tax bill could raise Kenai Peninsula Borough school-funding costs up to $9.4 million a year, but a sunset provision may mean none is ever charged.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Gas-line developer warns Alaska's Senate terms could drive it off
Glenfarne warned an Alaska conference committee that Senate amendments to the HB 381 gas-line tax bill, including a 9.4% investor tax, could deter investment and threaten the project.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's gas-pipeline bill now carries a tax on Hilcorp and others
The Alaska Senate added a corporate income tax on oil and gas pass-through entities like Hilcorp to the AK LNG gas-pipeline bill (HB 381), effective 2028 regardless of the project.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
A pass-through tax, not the pipeline, is the real fight in Juneau
Alaska's gas pipeline tax bill conference committee weighs a new pass-through tax on oil and gas producers and a rewritten volumetric tax splitting revenue with communities.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min readAI
Kenai's quiet stake in the gas-line bill
Legislative Finance Division modeling dated June 27 shows the Kenai Peninsula Borough could owe $9 million in Required Local Contribution in FY34 and $11 million in FY42 under the Senate Finance version of HB 381 — a school-budget consequence that hinges on which version the conference committee adopts.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
The number that quietly sets the state budget: a barrel of oil
Alaska North Slope crude is running above the state's Spring 2026 forecast, hinting at surplus revenue — but the forecast itself assumes a late-year jump to $91 a barrel.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
An oil spike filled Alaska's budget and hammered its schools — and the new budget sends some back
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed Alaska's FY2027 budget, directing a temporary oil-revenue windfall to school infrastructure and rural districts' rising energy costs.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
The $16 Gas Promise Comes With Fine Print
A consumer watchdog warns Alaska's $16 gas-line price may climb before delivery, while utilities call the firm cap protection against costlier LNG imports.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's LNG tax break now hinges on a gas line to Fairbanks
A Senate Finance draft of HB 381 ties Alaska LNG's tax break to Glenfarne paying $80M, signing a labor deal, and building a gas spur line to Fairbanks.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
A union-labor fight is breaking out over who builds Alaska's gas line
A Senate amendment mandating a union project labor agreement on the Alaska LNG pipeline has sparked a fight over apprentices and out-of-state labor.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska Senate digs in on gas tax bill, sends it to conference
The Alaska State Senate voted 0-16 on whether to recede from its amendments to House Bill 381, failing to do so and sending the natural gas pipeline tax measure to a conference committee. The chamber also passed two procedural resolutions and introduced two new Senate bills before adjourning until July 1.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska Senate passes S-corp LNG tax with 2028 effective date
The Alaska Senate on Friday adopted a pass-through entity tax on oil and gas income with a 2028 effective date, after rejecting an immediate version 9-11, then passing HB 381 12-8 with the provision included.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
Senate passes gas-line bill; Dunleavy immediately calls lawmakers back to rewrite it
Alaska's Senate passed LNG bill HB 381 12-8; Gov. Dunleavy called a second special session to rewrite provisions he says would sink the North Slope gas project.
by Cale Green2mo ago3 min readAI
Dunleavy called a second special session over the unresolved LNG tax bill
Gov. Dunleavy called a second special session over the unresolved Alaska LNG tax bill — and the legislature overrode two vetoes but failed on three more
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
Alaska Senate minority demands clean floor vote on LNG tax bill
The Alaska Senate Republican minority caucus held a press conference Wednesday urging the Senate majority to bring HB 381, a volumetric tax bill for the Alaska LNG pipeline, to a clean floor vote, warning that delay or unrelated amendments could jeopardize the project before a developer deadline.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Senate Finance presses Alaska LNG spur line: who builds, who pays, who regulates
The Alaska Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday heard unresolved questions about who will build, own, and regulate a proposed Fairbanks natural gas spur line, how its cost should be spread across ratepayers, and whether HB 381's spur commitment is firm enough to guarantee construction.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
Senate Finance demands Phase 1 pipeline math before Alaska LNG tax vote
Senator Bert Stedman pressed the Alaska Senate Finance Committee to obtain standalone Phase 1 pipeline economics before acting on Alaska LNG tax relief. The special session ends in four days.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska House passes new tax structure for Alaska LNG pipeline aimed at attracting investors
The Alaska House passed HB 381 on Friday, replacing property tax with a volume-based tax on natural gas transported through the proposed Alaska LNG pipeline. Governor Mike Dunleavy called the vote a significant step toward advancing the project.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
Senate Finance weighs Alaska LNG tax worth $124M a year — and whether it's enough for host communities
Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche told the Alaska Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that the House version of the Alaska LNG tax bill provides a workable 70% property tax reduction, while the original 90% cut would have left local taxpayers subsidizing the project.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
Anchorage's mayor told Senate Finance LNG could cost "tens of millions of dollars"
Anchorage's mayor said LNG would cost "tens of millions." The Halcyon report shows $23M-$173M depending on housing supply. Her housing plan targets $23M.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks spur line language added to Alaska LNG tax bill
Fairbanks North Star Borough secured developer agreement on spur line construction tied to tax breaks, with postage-stamp rate language now central to Senate Finance deliberations on SB 2001.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
ENSTAR Caps the Price. Stedman Eyes the Debt.
Enstar is negotiating a 30-year gas supply agreement with Glenfarne that would cap prices at $16 per thousand cubic feet with annual inflation adjustments. The contract protects ratepayers from project cost overruns and allows a switch from LNG imports to pipeline gas if the export project is built.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
All three major North Slope producers have signed Alaska LNG Phase 1 sale agreements — and they want their ownership to stop at the lease line
Three major North Slope producers told the Alaska Senate Finance Committee they signed gas sale precedent agreements for Alaska LNG Phase 1 and will sell at the lease line. That structure means midstream pipeline and treatment costs won't be deductible against oil production tax.
by Alaska News2mo ago3 min readAI
Department of Revenue presents Senate Finance with Alaska LNG breakeven modeling across cost and tax scenarios
Department of Revenue modeling shows that if the Alaska LNG project costs $60 billion instead of the baseline $46.2 billion, the price needed to break even in global markets would jump by $1.60 per thousand cubic feet, significantly affecting project viability and the state's fiscal analysis of competing tax proposals.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Department of Revenue presents Senate Finance with 25-scenario sensitivity analysis on Alaska LNG fiscal impact
Alaska Department of Revenue modeling shows the Alaska LNG project could cost the state $16.2 billion through 2062 under worst-case production scenarios combining Prudhoe Bay oil losses with Point Thompson underperformance at $100 per barrel oil prices.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
North Slope has two fields cleared for gas sales, AOGCC tells Senate
Only Prudhoe Bay and Point Thomson hold regulatory approval to supply major gas sales projects. The commission's testimony contradicts recent claims that other fields are ready to deliver.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
State wins option to buy 25% of Alaska LNG after investors commit
Alaska Gasline Development Corporation secured the right for the state to buy up to 25% of the Alaska LNG project after private investors commit. The state gets six months to decide whether to invest up to $1.16 billion.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
Glenfarne's own cost estimate for Alaska LNG is now significantly higher than AGDC's — and the state's equity option sits in the middle of the new math
AGDC transferred three-quarters ownership of Eight Star Alaska—the entity holding FERC authorization and project assets—to private developer Glenfarn in 2025, shifting construction risk off state books while preserving a 5–25% buy-in window at final investment decision.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI