Gasline Bill Passes House; Senators Wielechowski and Kawasaki Spread False “90% Tax Break” Claim Today, June 12, 2026, the House passed the Alaska LNG gasline bill, HB 381, with a vote of 34 yea, 4 nay, 1 excused. Prior to the vote, representatives highlighted the bill’s price cap provision, Renewable Energy Grant Fund provision, and the importance of pushing the Alaska LNG project forward. Representatives also repeatedly attributed the urgency of passing gasline legislation to supposed natural gas shortage in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. However, Alaska-owned producer HEX, LLC stated in a press release, May 29, 2026: “According to U.S. Geological Survey, the Cook Inlet has 19 Trillion Cubic Feet (Tcf) of natural gas, which is about 244 years of consumption at today’s energy-use rates.1 The Cook Inlet basin has the critical energy infrastructure supplying the 100% of Railbelt natural gas demand.” Despite claims perpetuated by Senators Bill Wielechoswki (D-Anchorage) and Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) that HB 381 gives producers a “90% tax break,” the actual analysis provided by the Department of Revenue’s Acting Tax Director Brandon Spanos and Chief Economist Dan Stickel reveals no more than a 22.8% State revenue decrease and up to a 13.5% revenue increase for municipalities under the version of HB 381 passed by the House. Full story in reply! @AKHCoalition @alaska_senate #AKLNG

HB 381 Analysis: Conservative Value of Local Governance Plus Progressive Push for Renewable Energy By Natalie Spaulding Yesterday, June 10, 2026, the House Finance Committee moved House Bill 381 version T As Amended out of committee and on to the House floor. If the House passes the bill, it will move on to the Senate for review, possible amendment, and voting before being returned to the House. HB 381 provides a revised tax structure for the Alaska LNG project and related revenue allocations. HB 381 enables municipalities to “partially or totally exempt from taxation or provide an alternate tax rate for all or some property related to a natural gas project for a designated period.” Municipalities may also negotiate for an equity interest in lieu of property tax. Rather than the State deciding to unilaterally forego property taxes and institute an alternative volumetric tax (AVT) such as suggested in Senate Bill 2001, the House bill allows municipalities to decide the tax structure that works best for them. According to a presentation by the Department of Revenue (DOR), the “bill is a tax decrease, the magnitude of which depends on municipal decisions, increasing uncertainty.” Although the bill does not provide absolute certainty regarding the tax structure, it does promote local government, placing the tax structuring power firmly in the hands of municipalities. Continue reading with link in reply! @AKHCoalition @AKHouseGOP @alaska_senate @AKSenRepublican @GovDunleavy #AKLNG

Alaska DOT&PF Seeks to Lease Vendor Space in Ted Stevens Concourse C REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP): The State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities requests proposals for the non-exclusive rights and obligations to Concourse C Amenities Concession ADA-32658 in the South Terminal of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. For details, use link in reply or consult State of Alaska Online Public Notices. #TedStevensAnchorageInternationalAirport

Fourth Icebreaker Announced for Homeporting in Alaska Due to a coordinated effort by Alaska’s Congressional Delegation, the President, and the U.S. Coast Guard, four Arctic Security Cutters or icebreakers have been secured for homeporting in Alaska. The securement of the first three icebreakers for Alaska was announced April 16, this year. The addition of the fourth icebreaker was announced this morning, June 11th. The existing icebreaker, the Storis, was commissioned in Juneau, August 10, 2025. The next two icebreakers will be homeported in Kodiak following construction and the fourth will be homeported in Seward. Congress has secured funding for a total of 11 Arctic Security Cutters for America. The first two to be built will go to Kodiak. The icebreaker to be homeported in Seward will be the sixth or seventh icebreaker built. Full story in reply! @USCG @DanSullivan_AK @lisamurkowski @RepNickBegich #ArcticSecurity #NationalSecurity

“Let’s Build This Damn Line:” Laborers, Union Leaders, and AK LNG Project Leaders Gather to Sign Labor Memorandum This morning, June 11, Glenfarne Alaska LNG and Alaska’s Building Trades signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding labor for the Alaska LNG gasline. According to Joey Merrick, President of the Alaska Petroleum Joint Crafts Council, the MOU ensures Alaskans will be prioritized for jobs created by the gasline project and that every Alaskan who wants to work on the project has an opportunity to do so. Laborers, union leaders, and project leaders gathered at the Alaska Laborers Training School to announce the signing of the memorandum. “Today is about opportunity. It is about Alaska workers. It is about Alaska’s future,” stated Merrick. He emphasized the 12,000 jobs that the project creates, which will be filled first by Alaskans with the remaining jobs filled by lower 48 laborers. Merrick commented: “This is what this agreement represents: partnership, accountability, and opportunity.” Adam Prestidge, President of Glenfarne Alaska LNG, gave a brief speech, stating that Glenfarne is “thrilled by the fortitude and commitment” of Alaskan laborers and leaders. Prestidge said, “today gives a resounding yes” to the question of whether the gasline can be built. Full story in reply! #AKLNG

Fleeting Highs, Layered Heartaches: Sin’s Cause-and-Effect By Dr. Cindy From the opening pages of Genesis to the digital headlines of the twenty-first century, humanity’s story repeats a single unlearned lesson: separation from God is never the answer. This is not ancient myth or abstract theology. It is the lived experience of every soul. Novels, films, and nightly news echo the same tension: free creatures choosing autonomy over the Creator. The choice is never “one and done.” It is daily, hourly, moment-by-moment. Each person confronts the same three unrelenting enemies: the flesh, the world, and the devil. Beneath every glittering temptation lies a three-letter reality: sin. At the heart of every fall lies pride — the root of every sin — and concupiscence, the disordered inclination toward sin inherited from the Fall. St. Thomas Aquinas maps the interior mechanics with clinical precision in the Summa Theologica (I-II, qq. 77–78). Original sin wounds the soul: the intellect darkens, the will weakens, and the passions rebel. Temptation then follows an exact sequence: 1) suggestion, the external lure from the world or the devil; 2) delight, the lower appetites savoring the forbidden; and finally, 3) consent, when the person acts on ungodly desires. Each consent disorders the soul further, making the next surrender easier. This is not metaphor. It is the lived psychology of every human heart since Eden. The pattern opens in Paradise. Adam and Eve, offered intimate friendship with God, preferred the serpent’s whisper: “You will be like gods” (Gen 3:5). Pride turned the will from Creator to creature. Cain chose murder over repentance (Gen 4). Noah’s descendants at Babel sought to “make a name for themselves” rather than call upon the Lord (Gen 11:4). Moses descended Sinai to find Israel adoring a golden calf of their own making (Ex 32). Even David, “a man after God’s own heart,” saw Bathsheba, delighted in what the eye suggested, and consented to adultery and murder (2 Sam 11). The mechanism never changes: suggestion, delight, consent, separation. Contrary to every moral lesson history offers, humanity stubbornly insists on knowing better than God and turns from the very boundaries He set for those who desire peace and joy. Continue reading with link in reply! #revival #repentance #gospel

10 Republicans File Formal Complaint Against ARP District 25 Chair Steve Johnson Ten Republicans have filed a formal complaint against Steve Johnson, Chair for the Alaska Republican Party District 25. Steve Johnson is the husband of the current Alaska House Minority Leader, Representative Delena Johnson. The complaint lists six reasons why the signatories have filed the complaints: 1) false statement regarding knowledge of precinct leaders, 2) refusal to hear a motion to reconsider mishandled endorsements, 3) refusal to properly follow Roberts Rules of Order, 4) refusal to seat present precinct leaders who requested seating, 5) conflict of interest and obstruction of endorsement process, 6) pattern of gatekeeping and exclusionary conduct. Signatories sent the complaint letter to ARP Chairwoman Carmela Warfield, asking for an “immediate independent investigation into the conduct” of District Chair Johnson and the “temporary suspension of chair duties pending completion of the investigation.” If the investigation substantiates the allegations, the signatories ask that Johnson be removed from his position as Chair and other remedial measures taken. @AlaskaRepub

House Finance Moves Gasline Bill Out of Committee Today, June 10, 2026, House Finance moved the Alaska LNG gasline bill (HB 381 version T, and as amended) out of committee with a vote 11-0. During the hearing, Representative Jamie Allard stated that the bill is “good for every single child, man and woman across the state of Alaska. And I think this is pretty historic, so I really appreciate everybody coming together, whether we disagreed or not, moving this out and moving it forward.” Full story in reply! @AKHCoalition @AKHouseGOP @GovDunleavy #AKLNG

Opinion: Two Dan Sullivans and the Death of an Honest Ballot By State Representative Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) I have often argued that Ranked Choice Voting, and especially the jungle primary that came with it, rewards political camouflage and punishes political clarity. It encourages candidates to blur distinctions, avoid firm positions, and present themselves as something they are not. I have called it structured dishonesty built into the system itself. What I did not expect was to see the camouflage become this literal. As of this week, Alaska voters may find themselves looking at two Dan Sullivans on the ballot in the 2026 US Senate race. One is our sitting United States Senator, a retired Marine, former Attorney General, and a public servant, Dan S. Sullivan, whose record is well known to Alaskans. The other is a relatively unknown candidate from Petersburg who filed at the eleventh hour and whose campaign materials have been linked to a progressive political consultant. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has raised concerns about what many Alaskans are already wondering: when you cannot beat a candidate on his record, do you try to make it harder for voters to find him on the ballot? To be fair, facts matter. The Peltola campaign denies any involvement. The second Mr. Sullivan says he is running a legitimate campaign. I do not know who encouraged whom to run, and I will not pretend to know facts I cannot prove. But I do know this: a system that creates an opportunity for this kind of tactic has a problem. Continue reading with link in reply! @DanSullivan_AK #politicaldeception

Alaska Lt. Governor Investigates Validity of Petersburg Dan’s Filing for U.S. Senate Against Incumbent Dan Sullivan A man of the name Dan Sullivan from Petersburg has filed to run against incumbent U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat up for election this November. Petersburg Dan, who filed as a Republican, stands accused of running with the intention to confuse voters and cheat incumbent Dan Sullivan of votes. Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor, Nancy Dahlstrom, opened an investigation into Peterburg Dan’s campaign validity. She sent a letter to Petersburg Dan, stating, “I’m troubled by the allegation that you filed for office in coordination with another campaign with the intention of confusing Alaskan voters in a way that will benefit one candidate over another. If true, it suggests that your declaration of candidacy, which was submitted under penalty of perjury, was not genuine and not properly filed. For these reasons, this letter serves as notice that I have requested an investigation of your recent declaration of candidacy for United States Senate before determining whether you can appear on the ballot and, if you can appear, in what manner your name will appear on the ballot.” In her letter, Dahlstrom says there are “credible allegations” that Petersburg Dan filed “out of intention to confuse and manipulate voters by capitalizing on the fact that you share a first and last name with the incumbent senator.” Full story in reply! @DanSullivan_AK #politicaldeception