Dunleavy Calls 2nd Alaska LNG Special Session as Senators Weigh Smaller Tax Break

It 'doesn't work,' Gov. Dunleavy says of Senate Alaska LNG bill

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a news conference on Friday, June 19, 2026. (Eric Stone | Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Senate approved in a 12-8 vote Friday a bill that would reduce taxes on the Alaska LNG project. It was the last day of a special session Gov. Mike Dunleavy called to consider the issue. But Gov. Dunleavy, in a news conference minutes after the vote, said the Senate version “doesn’t work.” Dunleavy called lawmakers into a …

Dunleavy calls 2nd Alaska LNG special session as senators weigh smaller tax break

A new version of the bill with a higher tax rate than what the House approved has advanced to a vote of the full Senate.

As Alaska gasline special session nears end, additional session looms and Senate prepares to vote

The Alaska State Capitol is seen on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon)If Alaska lawmakers do not vote by 11:59 p.m. Friday on a bill offering a tax break to the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline project, Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he will call them into another 30-day special session. In a message on social media, Dunleavy said legislators are making progress on the issue, but if they cannot finish work by the end of an…

Senate votes to close Hilcorp loophole again, as gasline bill advances

By an 11-9 vote, the Alaska Senate moved to close the Hilcorp loophole as part of a gas pipeline bill on the last day of the legislative special session, with a second special session perhaps to follow Saturday.The Senate approved the bill 12-8. Afterwards, in an exchange videoed by the Alaska Landmine outside Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office and posted online, Sen. Bill Wielechowski and GOP legislators argued about including the tax change in the ga…

Alaska lawmakers called back for second special session on gas pipeline bill

Governor Mike Dunleavy has called the Alaska Legislature into a third special session to consider House Bill 31 and related natural gas pipeline tax and financing legislation.