Sen. Bert Stedman Archives

Sen. Stedman says no money coming to start P-burg hospital, or to finish Sitka’s Katlian Bay Road

by Shelby Herbert, KFSK, and Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 20, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka's Katlian Bay Road is three-quarters complete, but $27 million short in funding. Petersburg's hospital has yet to break ground. Neither project got "10 cents" in next year's capital budget. Read More

‘There are still things we can do’: Sitka’s legislators join unsuccessful effort to override governor’s education veto

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 19, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

Both Rep. Rebecca Himschoot and Sen. Bert Stedman joined the effort to override Gov. Dunleavy's veto of SB140, which would have been the first major funding boost for public education in eight years. Read More

Fearing a financial ‘house on fire,’ Stedman warns against overdrawing the Permanent Fund to pay dividends

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Aug 17, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman says Alaskans will keep receiving dividend checks, despite a worrisome report from the AK Perm Fund Corp. that the earnings reserve account will be exhausted in four years. "We could skip inflation-proofing for a year or two," he says, "but what you can't do is start over-drawing the Permanent Fund." Read More

Stedman: Alaska’s wartime windfall a chance to save more, and build less, than previous oil booms

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jul 29, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Unlike past oil windfalls, much of Alaska's $2 billion surplus will be deposited in savings, and used "to fix the fiscal position of the state." says Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman, co-chair of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee. Read More

Stedman: Sitka’s Katlian Bay Road a hard lesson for future construction along the Southeast coast

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jul 21, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman says the legislature has appropriated enough money to complete the Katlian Bay Road – and several others across the state – but the project may serve as a cautionary tale about the reality of construction along Southeast Alaska’s rugged coastline. Read More