Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy calls special session for gas line bill starting Thursday
Dunleavy says the tax package is needed to attract investors and keep the Alaska LNG project moving after negotiations collapsed, officials said.
- Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered the Alaska Legislature to convene a special session on Thursday to consider House Bill 381, which provides tax breaks for the $46 billion Alaska LNG project.
- Negotiations collapsed Monday after lawmakers adopted an amendment allowing the North Slope Borough to retain property taxing authority, which Dunleavy opposed; he then vetoed a pension-restoration bill shortly before 11 p.m.
- Senate President Cathy Giessel criticized Dunleavy's proposal in a Tuesday newsletter, stating it "surrenders our taxing authority" and bypasses financial transparency for the project.
- House Speaker Bryce Edgmon confirmed the Legislature will enter the special session Thursday at 10 a.m., immediately following the regular session's adjournment at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
- Dunleavy declared the gas line his top priority in his final months in office, establishing a 30-day special session with the disputed natural gas taxation bill as the sole agenda item.
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Hanford Sentinel
Alaska Legislature adjourns with eye toward special session
JUNEAU, Alaska — The regular legislative session of the Alaska Legislature ended Wednesday night, with lawmakers already looking ahead to a special session focused on advancing a long-sought natural gas pipeline. The Senate adjourned sine die at 8 p.m. The…
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy calls special session for gas line bill starting Thursday
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday ordered the Alaska Legislature to convene a special session on Thursday — one day after the deadline for this year’s regular session — to consider a bill advancing a natural gas line that he has declared his top priority in his final months in office.
Alaska Beacon
Dunleavy calls special session Thursday on Alaska gasline tax break
Maynard Holt, chief executive of the Houston-based consulting company Veriten LLC., moderates a presentation on May 19, 2026, by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference. At a news conference following the presentation, Dunleavy announced that he was calling the legislature into a special session to consider his proposal to grant tax concessions to Glenfarne, the company proposing to …
LNG tax bill fails to pass House; Dunleavy calls a special session
The Alaska Legislature tried to reach agreement on property tax relief for the Alaska LNG Project in the final days of the session with an amendment on the House floor, but members voted enough changes that it wouldn't have been acceptable to Gov. Mike Dunleavy - and that before the proposal faced the issue of Senate agreement. Work on the proposal was rolled to the bottom of the calendar...
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