Jeremy Bynum

House Finance advances Alaska LNG tax bill, curtailing North Slope's power to negotiate

Same committee, same day, two close votes on Alaska LNG ratepayer protection — and they didn't go the same way

Alaska's filing deadline turned the 2026 election from rumor into a real race

ENSTAR says it locked in a price for Alaska LNG

Ketchikan House race pits utility incumbent against borough assembly challenger

Alaska minimum wage rises to $14 in July, $15 in 2027

“will put additional burden on retailers, small businesses across the state”

North Slope, Kenai mayors negotiate gas line property tax as House Finance delays bill deadline

Alaska House examines $4 billion LNG equity option, Fairbanks spur-line tax break

Energy consultant tells House Finance that property tax makes Alaska LNG unfinanceable

Alaska House passes corporate income tax bill for digital-era businesses

House votes to eliminate tax filing discounts worth $500,000 annually

Alaska House passes bill creating Alaska-Ireland Trade Commission

Alaska Passes Age of Consent Bill After Weeks-Long Senate Delay

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

Alaska Legislature fails to override veto of pension bill

House Passes Civics Education Bill After Decade-Long Push

House Finance Committee advances PFD restoration for wrongfully convicted

House Finance advances tobacco age increase, e-cigarette tax on 7-4 vote

House panel hears bill to restore PFDs for wrongfully convicted Alaskans

House Finance Committee advances auto-IRA bill for Alaska workers

“Co-chair Foster, I move SB 2134-LS0254/T out of committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal notes. House Finance Committee authorizes legislative legal to make any technical and conforming changes as necessary.”

House panel cuts youth tobacco fines, advances Tobacco 21 bill

Alaska House Passes Paid Parental Leave, Exempts Seasonal Workers from Sick Leave

House Finance approves pharmacist prescription bill after rejecting nurse compact

House panel hears gas line tax bill with 15-cent volumetric fee

“when I think about Phase 1 of this project, the biggest part of Phase 1 is to make sure we're delivering gas to Alaskans, whether it's in Fairbanks or Southcentral, um, Kenai. Ultimately, we are trying to create a system to deliver energy, and that's for homes but industry as well.”

House Finance advances fire station grant program after rejecting rural aid amendments

“there are other programs out there to help our rural communities with things like this that they can use as their match to then go compete for the fire station money.”

House Finance reschedules gas line hearing, shifts to vehicle title bill

House Finance Advances Paid Parental Leave Bill

“I think that when we're putting together this type of a program where we're creating a paid parental leave benefit, we want to do so while protecting the viability of small employers seasonal employers, rural businesses, and employers with limited payroll capacity.”

Alaska House passes education funding reform despite split votes on transparency

“this bill doesn't really take care of the problem of treating our teachers like ad hoc employees on these year after year, single year contracts. I hope that at some point in the future we'll be able to solve that problem.”

Alaska House Finance Rejects Cemetery, School, Energy Amendments

House Finance Advances Education Funding Bill Despite Fiscal Concerns

“This includes not just their regular ADM students, but it also includes the intensive needs students as part of that 3-year averaging.”

Alaska House panel considers doubling bulk fuel loan cap amid price crisis

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

“I saw that the projections on the gas line is somewhere in the realm of $700 million of revenue that would be forecasted for the line on a year-after basis.”

House Finance cuts West Susitna road funding from capital budget

Alaska House Weighs $113M Education Funding Overhaul

Housing agency buys 600+ acres statewide to spur development

Senate Finance advances $2.8B operating budget to Rules Committee

House advances bills on autonomous vehicles, nurse training, interior design

House Finance advances mail theft bill despite competing governor's version

House Finance considers multi-year school funding averaging bill

House panel questions education fund proposal with no guaranteed revenue

House Finance hears $8.4M in governor's budget amendments

House panel debates $113M education funding formula shift

Alaska Advances Mental Health Education Guidelines Without Mandates

House Finance Advances Mental Health Education Guidelines for Schools

Alaska House panel hears bill to overhaul school funding timelines

“I see the fiscal note, I read the fiscal note, it's It looks like it is an additional $113 million. I know we have declining enrollment, so when I see an equivalent of about a $450 BSA increase, it makes me wonder exactly how that modeling is actually being done.”

House Passes Polystyrene Ban for Restaurants Despite Business Concerns

Education Fund Amendment Advances With Key Questions Unresolved

“Is this just giving the legislature the ability to establish a dedicated fund, but it's at our discretion to do so? Because I don't see that it's asking the voters to say we shall create a specific fund for this purpose. It's just giving the authority to the legislature to create a dedicated fund.”

House Finance hears respiratory therapist licensing bill, Alaska's last-state gap

“in the bill, we are specifically relying on the department to set the standards and criteria, and we just— I don't want to use the word vaguely, but we just say nationally recognized organization, and to me that's pretty vague.”

House Finance hears divided testimony on pharmacist prescribing bill

House Finance hears divided testimony on pharmacist prescribing bill