Donna Mears

Alaska House raises unemployment benefits, expands telehealth coverage

Alaska House passes tobacco age increase, vape tax, cigar lounge exemption

Alaska House panel hears bill to shield ratepayers from data center costs

“There's news just this week that there's a 1-gigawatt facility being contemplated for the North Slope, which is more than the entire load that we've got now.”

Alaska House panel expands farm tax breaks to flowers, hay

House Finance approves pharmacist prescription bill after rejecting nurse compact

House Resources passes agricultural land lease bill unanimously

Alaska lawmakers debate farm tax break for horses, flowers

House rejects Senate's $1,000 PFD budget, sets up conference talks

House panel hears bill to ease farmland leasing, lower costs for Alaska growers

Alaska House Rewrites LNG Tax Bill, Raising Rate While Empowering Boroughs

House panel advances bill to fast-track utility easements in state parks

“One is an automatic issuance of permits. I started off my career as a regulator, and, you know, things can happen. And that practice of automatic issuance of permits is not a path I want to go down at all”

House advances expanded disability benefits for all public workers

House panel hears tax proposal for Alaska LNG project

House Finance advances education fund amendment, rejects gas pipeline revenue tie

House panel ties Alaska gas line tax breaks to Fairbanks spur line

Alaska House passes dementia training bill for nursing aides

Alaska LNG Tax Bill Walks Tightrope Between Project Viability and Local Needs

Alaska lawmakers hear warnings of rural fuel crisis, weigh loan program expansion

Alaska Energy Survey Shows Strong Support for Renewables, Mixed Views on Nuclear

House committee advances Local Boundary Commission expansion bill

Alaska lawmakers urge federal reclassification of 911 dispatchers

House committee advances bill adding unorganized borough seat to boundary panel

Alaska's Right-to-Repair Bill Navigates National Debate on Consumer Access

House Resources advances Vogler nomination to Regulatory Commission

Alaska Sustainable Energy Corporation reports progress on green financing

House Labor Committee Advances Travel Insurance Bill, Hears Disaster Pet Plan

House Panel Hears Bill to Waive ID Fees for Homeless Young Adults