Bert Stedman

Any organization, including the Marine Highway, cannot implement a continually changing plan.

The legacy of this generation should not be destroying the Permanent Fund for their own immediate benefit.

No Alaskan in need will be left behind.

OPINION: State Sen. Bert Stedman argues that SB 21 falls more than $1 billion short of meeting the "prudent man" rule.

OPINION: Senate Bill 21 does not pass the constitutional fiduciary obligation of elected officials responsible for setting the selling price of Alaska's oil. It's my constitutional duty to voice my opinion against it, and I urge my fellow citizens to vote yes on Proposition 1.

OPINION: My vote against SB 138 was not a vote against a natural gas pipeline. My vote was a statement against the fiscal structure in the bill and the misalignment for the state that comes with the inclusion of TransCanada owning the state’s share of the pipeline and gas treatment plant.

OPINION: How fitting that on our nation's Independence Day, my family and I exercised our right to petition the government by signing the referendum to repeal the new petroleum tax that undervalues the oil held in common by all Alaskans.

OPINION: Gov. Sean Parnell's proposed oil tax cut, HB 110, amounts to a giveaway. While evidence mounts that Alaska's oil taxes need to be adjusted, it also mounts that HB 110 is not the solution.

Gov. Sean Parnell has indicated that he intends to veto a significant number of projects in this year's capital budget. That would be a mistake.