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Following a three year process of analysis and discussions on the fiscal structure of our oil tax and my past attendance at two advanced international courses in London on World Fiscal Systems for Oil & Gas, led me […]

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On the week of March 4th, I traveled to Washington D.C. to preside over the Energy Council’s 2013 Federal Energy and Environmental Matters Conference. As the Chairman of the Energy Council, I was pleased with the level of […]

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On March 15, the Senate Resources Committee passed Senate Bill 60 out of committee. This bill, which I introduced last month, proposes paying a $100 subsidy for each sea otter legally harvested by an Alaska Native. The over-abundance […]

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Julie Isom, my office manager and legislative assistant, just reached her five-year anniversary working for the State Legislature. Julie is the first person you meet when you stop in my Juneau office during session and she runs my […]

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I would like to congratulate the students from Senate District Q who made the state finals for the Poetry Out Loud Program, a National Recitation Contest promoted by the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Juneau […]