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NEWS: Senate Passes Legislation Establishing Consumer Electronics Repair Rights

JUNEAU, Alaska — Today, the Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 111, sponsored by Senator Forrest Dunbar (D-Anchorage). The legislation establishes a “Right to Repair” for Alaskans’ consumer electronics, requiring manufacturers to make the documentation, tools, and parts needed to repair digital equipment available to owners and independent repair technicians. Currently, manufacturers withhold this information and […]

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The Empty Office Podcast – Season 4, Episode 17

Tobin-TheLatest / jenn.gifford

Senator Tobin welcomes Representative Andrew Gray from Anchorage back to the podcast to talk about the Veterans Justice Act and the challenges of chairing the House Judiciary Committee.

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Senate Passes Budget

Leave a Comment / Wielechowski-Capitol-Brief / jenn.gifford

With less than two weeks left of the regular session, the House and Senate are moving bills and budgets swiftly. It has been helpful to hear from many of you directly about bills of interest to you. Please feel free to continue reaching out with your comments, questions, and concerns. Below is a quick update

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NEWS: Senate Passes a Balanced FY27 Operating Budget with $46 Million in Reserves for 2027 Supplemental Needs

Hoffman-Press, Press / jenn.gifford

Juneau, AK – Today, the Alaska State Senate passed, by a vote of 17-3, a fiscally responsible operating budget. House Bill 263 is balanced on an average oil price of $73 per barrel, $2 below the Department of Revenue’s spring forecast. The budget plan leaves $46 million unspent for supplemental needs in the next legislative

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Legislature Fails to Override Veto of Elections Bill

Leave a Comment / Claman-AKMatters / jenn.gifford

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Last week, Governor Dunleavy vetoed Senate Bill 64, a bipartisan elections bill that made our voting system in Alaska more accessible to all eligible voters and more secure against voting fraud. On Monday, the Legislature met in joint session and failed to override that veto.

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Should the Gas line Lower Energy Prices For Fairbanks Residents?

Kawasaki-JuneauNote / jenn.gifford

The Legislature has begun the official springtime in the Capitol with the onslaught of cruise ship visitors sailing up the Inside Passage. In fact, Alaska is going to receive a record number of passengers in 2026 because of an extended season that starts early and ends late and a high demand to visit this place of beauty. As I have said, Alaskans are lucky because we literally live in a postcard!

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The Empty Office Podcast – Season 4, Episode 16

Tobin-TheLatest / jenn.gifford

Veteran Alaska State Senator Bill Wielechowski returns to The Empty Office Podcast to discuss the high priority bill to reinstate a defined benefit pension plan for Alaska’s public employees.

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