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

Legal memo says Daniel J. Sullivan appears eligible for U.S. Senate ballot

The $15,000 PFD buy-out that never got a vote

“is to drive the PFD to zero, and I oppose it. And unfortunately, this amendment accelerates that fall towards a zero PFD.”

Alaska Medical Board adopts telemedicine buprenorphine regulations

“a vital need for our rural areas”

House Resources gas line bill would cost municipalities $13B under governor's plan

Alaska Senate urges apprentice hiring goals for veterans on defense projects

Alaska House Passes Baby Box Bill 35-5

Alaska lowers bar for toddlers to get early intervention services

House Finance adds feral cat spay-neuter provisions to invasive species bill

“SB 174 creates an invasive species management council. It creates a response fund but does not charge the fund. It also directs the council to create a 5-year strategic plan to deal with invasives in Alaska.”

Senate panel advances gas pipeline tax bill after 36 hearings

“They haven't issued— they haven't done anything to deal with the issue of lease expenditures, which we know are going to actually reduce oil revenue in the short and medium term because of the decoupling issue”

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

Gas line tax break delivers 20% savings, far less than competing states

Alaska Senate tightens hunting residency rules to match PFD standards

Alaska Senate advances university regents reform bill with 2027 start date

Senate cuts community impact fees for gas pipeline by half

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

“there was a provision in the bill having to do with lease expenditures, and we tried to decouple gas and oil lease expenditures. We know that this gas line will lead to significant new gas lease expenditures that will cause a reduction in existing oil taxes”

Point Thomson Gas Blowdown Could Cost Alaska 65M Barrels of Condensate

Senate panel advances bill cutting sick leave for seafood workers

Alaska Senate passes bill to expand early intervention for delayed children

Alaska Senate Passes Right to Repair Bill for Consumer Electronics

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

Senate panel advances Whittier land transfer bill without objection

“We have one item on the agenda this afternoon, a second hearing on House Bill 216, transfer of railroad land to Whittier.”

Gas tax hike could net Alaska $590M over pipeline life, analysis shows

Senate panel advances Native corporation reporting exemption despite concerns

Senate panel debates gas pipeline tax structure in 26th hearing

“in the 2040s and 2050s, we're looking at the hundreds of millions of dollars.”

Alaska Senate Passes Right-to-Repair Bill for Consumer Electronics

“when you buy something, you should own it and have the right to repair it. This bill is unfortunately necessary because this idea, this principle, which was once accepted as common sense, has been increasingly violated by certain out-of-state state consumer technology and manufacturing companies.”

Navy eyes return to Adak amid Arctic security concerns

Alaska Senate Advances Right-to-Repair Bill for Consumer Electronics

Alaska Senate committee advances sports betting bill with tax revenue promise

“Why cap the number of licenses at 10? Why create something that might result in a secondary market?”

Alaska LNG Tax Bill Stalls as Lawmakers Demand Project Cost Data

“Even if we pass a 90% tax cut, the state of Alaska has less ability to impact this project than the gas producers, the major oil and gas producers on the North Slope.”

Alaska Senate Passes Operating Budget With Energy Relief

Senate panel advances compromise on fish processor sick leave

“the fish processors, um, did offer, um, some compelling arguments as to why their end-of-season accumulated leave causes unique problems at these remote processing facilities”

Senate Committee Advances Healthcare Licensing Compact Bill

19-year-old homeschool graduate appointed to State Medical Board

“Yes, that is accurate, and I was homeschooled.”

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 LNG project could tap Defense Production Act for federal support

“If the federal government did come in and somehow infused a tremendous amount of capital, would you see that— and it wasn't challenged— would you see that as an expansion of the DPA's current understanding? And would— I think you have an article, something about Pandora's box, So I don't want to make this too leading question, but the next president and the president after that, would they have a new tool on their hand to say, I don't know, build a mega gigantic wind farm or, you know, anything else?”

Alaska Senate Panel Advances Youth Suicide Prevention Bill

Senate panel advances health care compacts bill despite sovereignty concerns

“we have our 4th hearing on SB 281, Health Care Compacts Rural Health Programs”

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

Senate panel advances property tax assessment cap bill

Alaska expands background checks to all medical professionals

Senate panel adopts changes to health care compact bill

Senate panel hears workforce plan for Alaska LNG pipeline

Senate panel advances U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade resolution with border changes

Alaska Senate passes wildfire evacuation color-code system

Senate panel advances fishing co-op bill with electronic monitoring

Senate panel advances fishing cooperative bill with electronic monitoring

Oil industry opposes tax provisions in Alaska gas pipeline bill

“I'd like to put on the record that my intent with the CS— and, and I might have to offer an amendment to make it the case is that typical gas extraction and reinjection is not caught up in these provisions, but rather we're talking about the larger scale investments that drive our revenue into the negative on Mr. Stickel's slide until 2032”

Senate Passes Alaska Work and Save Retirement Program 15-4