James Kaufman

Alaska Senate passes HB 381 oil and gas tax bill 11-8, with dissenters signaling more work ahead

“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.”

What the Senate Changed in the Gas-Line Deal

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

Dunleavy called a second special session over the unresolved LNG tax bill

Alaska Senate minority demands clean floor vote on LNG tax bill

“suddenly committee hearings are being canceled and the majority's caught in a huddle apparently trying to figure out what they're gonna do. So I hope with all of my heart that we can get a clean bill to the floor and we can have a good up and down vote.”

Senate Finance presses Alaska LNG spur line: who builds, who pays, who regulates

Senate Finance weighs Alaska LNG tax worth $124M a year — and whether it's enough for host communities

ENSTAR Caps the Price. Stedman Eyes the Debt.

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

Department of Revenue presents Senate Finance with Alaska LNG breakeven modeling across cost and tax scenarios

Department of Revenue presents Senate Finance with 25-scenario sensitivity analysis on Alaska LNG fiscal impact

North Slope has two fields cleared for gas sales, AOGCC tells Senate

Senate Finance Committee: how do you analyze a $46.2 billion pipeline without the numbers?

Alaska LNG could cost $70 billion; state's 25% stake faces dilution

Alaska Senate adds telehealth parity and disability coverage to benefits bill

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

Alaska Senate panel hears gas line bill with $900M annual tax break

Senate panel advances education bill with energy relief, loan program

“requires school districts to make reasonable efforts not to increase energy consumption year to year”

Alaska Senate advances university regents reform bill with 2027 start date

Senate Finance reviews bill to double bulk fuel loan cap to $1.5M

Alaska budget fight leaves $40M in senior, disability care hanging

Alaska Senate passes bill to expand early intervention for delayed children

Home care worker pay mandate divides Alaska lawmakers over rural access

Senate Finance hears omnibus crime bill targeting AI child porn, raising age of consent

House panel advances daylight saving time bill with Western Alaska carve-out

Alaska Senate passes bill to ease classic car import registration

Senate advances pension bill without updated actuarial analysis

Senate Finance hears tax modernization bill, sets aside for further review

Senate Finance advances pension bill with municipal opt-in provision

Senate Finance hears corporate tax shift targeting online sales to Alaskans

Senate Passes Alaska Work and Save Retirement Program 15-4

Senate passes capital budget focused on school maintenance

Senate panel approves $4.2 billion health budget with Medicaid rate hikes

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

Alaska Senate adjourns technical session after committee report

Alaska School Funding System Favors Wealthy Districts, Senators Say