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This week the Senate Resources Committee is reviewing efforts to streamline and better understand Alaska’s tax systems. Our state’s tax systems are complex. In addition to oil and gas taxes which provide the vast majority of state income, […]
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Last week, I introduced Senate Bill 167 as a Senate Finance Committee bill to separate oil and gas production taxes, commonly referred to as “decoupling.” Today, my staff presented the bill to the committee and we invited the […]
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The Alaska Northern Waters Task Force (ANWTF) released its preliminary report today making recommendations for the state and federal government to improve Arctic policy. The task force was established by the Alaska State Legislature in 2010 to address the […]
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The second session of the 27th Alaska State Legislature convened this week in Juneau. My staff and I are back in the Capitol and ready to go to work advancing Southeast issues during the next 90 days. This […]
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I am pleased to welcome Trevor Fulton and Penny Gage as new members of my staff this week. Both are life-long Alaskans and bring a strong professional background to serving Southeast Alaska. Trevor recently worked for the Alaska […]