SB 21 Archives

Despite challenges, oil exec says Alaska’s prospects are looking up

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Sep 7, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

Contrary to projections from as recently as five years ago, oil production on Alaska’s North Slope is trending up. Scott Jepsen, a vice-president with ConocoPhillips based in Anchorage, told the Sitka Chamber of Commerce this week (9-5-18) that improvements in drilling technology, new discoveries, and a favorable tax structure had all combined to steadily increase oil production. Read More

Kreiss-Tomkins unpacks Alaska’s ‘budget apocalypse’

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 4, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

In the budget “apocalypse," Sitka Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins says, "We’re going to alter the status quo we’ve had in Alaska for the last 40 years." Read More

Stedman: Fixing budget ‘more than a one-year conversation’

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 20, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

Stedman may be looking at one of the most difficult legislative sessions of his career. He openly opposed the previous governor’s changes to Alaska’s oil tax structure, anticipating a day of reckoning -- one that's come sooner than anyone expected. Read More

Dead tax bill to animate governor’s race?

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 11, 2014 | Election Coverage, Local News, Syndicated

Although his bill died in committee, SB 192’s author, Sen. Bert Stedman, still believes there’s a common-sense adjustment to Alaska’s oil tax structure. The Sitka Republican has become a student of the oil industry, and his ideas are influencing the race for governor. Read More

Stedman: Pushing bills over the line in session’s final hours

by Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | May 7, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

The last five days of the 28th legislature were a scramble to get bills out the door. Two items of particular interest to the residents of Sen. Bert Stedman’s district passed -- literally in the eleventh hour. Stedman met recently with KCAW’s Rachel Waldholz to cover some of the major issues of the session. Read More