Eric Stone
State Government ReporterEric Stone is Alaska Public Media’s state government reporter. He covers all facets of state government and how they affect Alaskans, from the Alaska Legislature to the executive branch and the court system. He is based in Juneau year-round and joined Alaska Public Media in 2023.
He previously worked as the news director for KRBD in Ketchikan, covering communities in southern Southeast Alaska. He’s a graduate of Rice University and is originally from Houston, Texas.
Outside of work, Eric enjoys hiking, skiing and getting out on the beautiful waters of Southeast Alaska.
Reach Eric at estone@alaskapublic.org.
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The bill provides $70 million dollars for the state's 10% match to federal construction projects, $75 million for disaster relief and nearly $100 million for wildfire suppression. -
Sen. Bert Stedman, a Sitka Republican, said he'd rather direct additional revenue toward long-deferred maintenance and upgrades for state facilities. -
Nome Democratic Rep. Neal Foster voted with Republicans to insert the $3,800 PFD as Alaskans face high costs. Independent Rep. Calvin Schrage says it gives Alaskans "false hope." -
Large majorities of Alaskans tell pollsters they’re sick of changing their clocks twice a year. Where they should set them is a harder question. -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy continues to oppose the bill, a spokesperson said. The bill passed the House 22-17, well short of a veto-proof majority, and now heads to the Senate. -
Mayors of the five boroughs that would host the Alaska LNG project say Dunleavy's bill offering tax breaks for the gas pipeline would push more costs onto local taxpayers. -
Police stopped Forrest Wolfe, Gov. Mike Dunleavy's deputy legislative director, after he nearly caused an accident in a busy area of Downtown Juneau. -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy's proposal would replace property taxes with a tax on the volume of gas flowing through a planned natural gas pipeline. -
The COVID pandemic, when oil prices went negative for a day, is the only time in the index’s nearly 20-year history when prices were more volatile than they are right now. -
The bill is a bipartisan compromise many years in the making and would make a variety of changes to the way Alaskans vote.
