Jesse Kiehl

Dunleavy vetoes hunting residency bill and university fee bill

“the Senate, please come to order for the purposes of a technical session. Because we are in a technical session, the roll call is waived today”

Betting apps take bets in Alaska as a Senate panel weighs the fallout

“They are built for addiction.”

Kodiak Assembly splits over what a marijuana tax should pay for

A union-labor fight is breaking out over who builds Alaska's gas line

“They reduce risk. They reduce cost overruns. If nothing else, they make labor costs predictable.”

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

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

Senate Finance demands Phase 1 pipeline math before Alaska LNG tax vote

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

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

Glenfarne's own cost estimate for Alaska LNG is now significantly higher than AGDC's — and the state's equity option sits in the middle of the new math

Consultant warns Senate Finance that Alaska LNG faces megaproject risks

Senate Finance hears $18 billion revenue trade-off for Alaska LNG tax break

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

“how much help will your department be able to give a future legislature in this scenario? Will you be able to see all the way down into the corporate structures, all the way into the —gas sales agreements, potential gas supply arrangements, the equity terms on which other investors are entering. What— will you, will the Department of Revenue be able to give us fully informed advice, or will you be modeling based on what we mostly think?”

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

Five candidates file for Alaska governor in 2026

Alaska Senate passes $13.9B operating budget with $200 energy relief

Alaska Senate adds unemployment benefit increase to insurance bill

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

Alaska House Passes Baby Box Bill 35-5

Senate panel advances education bill with energy relief, loan program

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 Senate panel advances autonomous vehicle restrictions despite industry opposition

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

“First up, the judicial branch, the Alaska Court System trial courts, submitted a fiscal note with a general fund cost of $369,200, so $369,200 of unrestricted general funds and 2 permanent full-time positions for pro tem judge work.”

Senate Finance considers $1M teacher loan repayment pilot program

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

Senate Judiciary advances ethics bill with complaint disclosure changes

Alaska bill would penalize state for late payments to contractors

“The fiscal notes with the fiscal impact, Mr. Chairman, For fun, I added them up. We'll go through and get an aggregated total of just under 1.1 million in 8 full-time positions”

Alaska Senate Passes Operating Budget With Energy Relief

House passes ethics reform to clarify complaints and strengthen oversight

Alaska Senate panel hears bill requiring 7-day review for foster youth in psychiatric hospitals

Alaska bill would require human operators in autonomous freight trucks

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

AG Nominee Cox Defends 110+ Amicus Briefs, Faces Questions on Alaska Priorities

Alaska Senate passes bill to ease classic car import registration

Alaska Senate passes bill restoring defined benefit pensions for public workers

“this bill really moves the needle. There are no perfect solutions to any complicated problem, but this is a material difference.”

House Finance Hears Sharp Divide Over $95M for West Susitna Road

Senate Finance advances $2.8B operating budget to Rules Committee

Senate advances pension bill without updated actuarial analysis

Senate Education Committee Advances Opioid Awareness Bill, Hears Tribal School Compact Proposal

Senate Finance hears bill to add faculty regent to University board

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

Senate Finance advances pension bill with municipal opt-in provision

Senate adds $156M to capital budget, prioritizes deferred maintenance