Robert Myers

Alaska's new judicial ethics code changes reporting of incapacity and misconduct

GVEA's fuel charge drops 12.6%, reversing about a third of June's increase

“Fairbanks is already living South Central's future. We're paying almost 40 cents a kilowatt hour for electricity.”

Alaska's EMS compact takes effect Sept. 20, but isn't usable yet

Alaska Senate passes S-corp LNG tax with 2028 effective date

“When you take our state corporate rate of 9.4%, which is what this amendment is proposing, add it in with our federal corporate rate of 21%— 21%. You end up with a corporate rate that is higher than the corporate rate being charged in Canada to a similar project. And that's with Canada already having a lower property tax than what we are proposing in the underlying bill. So what we're doing with this amendment is we're taking one of the few places that we're actually a little more competitive than Canada and we're getting rid of it.”

Alaska Senate minority demands clean floor vote on LNG tax bill

“passing this bill does not guarantee us a gas line, but not passing this bill guarantees we don't get a gas line.”

Alaska EMS Compact Folded Into Omnibus Bill, Passes Senate 13-7

Alaska Senate adds telehealth parity and disability coverage to benefits bill

“the underlying bill is in Title 47, which is having to do with welfare benefits, whereas this amendment is in Title— Titles 23 and 29— or excuse me, 23 and 39, having to do with— and it's the amendment is having to do with employee benefits.”

Alaska Senate passes bill letting pharmacists treat minor illnesses without a doctor's call

Alaska House Passes Baby Box Bill 35-5

Senate panel reviews oil tax floor increase projecting $132M annual gain

Alaska Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Itemized Student Fee Statements

Alaska News Roundup: Gas pipeline tax fight, Point Thomson trade-off, and McNeil River access debate

Gas pipeline bill adds oil tax increase, industry calls process rushed

Alaska Senate tightens hunting residency rules to match PFD standards

Senate cuts community impact fees for gas pipeline by half

Autonomous vehicle bill advances despite state warnings on outdated standards

Senate panel advances gas pipeline bill with oil tax floor increase

“the oil companies are going to get stuck with this change in the tax structure regardless of whether or not the pipeline actually moves forward. Why didn't we make this— if the point here is to capture the changes up there because of gas now becoming produced and sold rather than just produced and then shoved back in the ground, why aren't we making this portion conditional on the pipeline starting construction as well?”

Oil industry opposes gas pipeline tax bill over bundled oil tax increases

Alaska House passes bill requiring human operators in commercial autonomous vehicles

“Alaska presents conditions that are very different from the environments where most autonomous vehicles are currently being tested”

Senate Panel Advances Bill Tying Hunting Rights to 180-Day Residency

Industry groups oppose Dalton Highway toll targeting oil and gas traffic

Alaska Senate Passes Operating Budget With Energy Relief

Alaska LNG Tax Bill Stalls as Lawmakers Demand Project Cost Data

Senate panel debates $1B tax break for Alaska LNG amid cost secrecy

Senate panel doubles oil surcharge for Dalton Highway maintenance in gas pipeline bill

Alaska Senate Panel Advances Youth Suicide Prevention Bill

Alaska Senate passes bill to ease classic car import registration

Alaska LNG Consultant Flags Potential 50% Return for Developers vs. $1B State Revenue

Alaska LNG tax bill could swing state revenue by hundreds of millions

House Judiciary rejects consumer data privacy bill after 3-3 vote

Senate panel advances fishing co-op bill with electronic monitoring

Senate panel advances fishing cooperative bill with electronic monitoring

Alaska Senate panel hears bill requiring human operators in commercial autonomous vehicles

Senate panel hears autonomous vehicle bill requiring human operators

Oil industry opposes tax provisions in Alaska gas pipeline bill

Senate Passes Alaska Work and Save Retirement Program 15-4

“I've been conflicted about this bill the last few days as I saw it coming to the floor. It is a form of portable benefits, which I think is good, which is spreading throughout the country as something absolutely necessary. But I've also been a little concerned. We've got a mandate for business in here.”

Senate panel hears refuse utility rate reform bill

Senate Passes $2.47B Capital Budget Focused on School Repairs

Senate panel hears setnet cooperative bill, sets aside land transfer

House Judiciary adopts committee substitute for infant safety device bill

Senate passes capital budget focused on school maintenance

Senate minority outlines pension reform, gas line concerns at press conference

Senate panel approves $163.8 million judiciary budget with lease, staff additions

Senate panel approves $139.2 million budget for Department of Law