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Senators favor public hearings over NDAs as developers offer confidential cost estimates

Alaska Senate · April 22, 2026
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Summary

Reporters asked whether developers would provide cost estimates only under confidentiality. Senators said they favor public briefings and transparency, cited helpful modeling from consultants and the Department of Revenue, and expressed reluctance to conduct decision-making in secret sessions or under NDAs.

Legislative Digest reporter Tim Bridal asked why developer cost estimates (variously transcribed as Glenfarn/Glenfarms) had been offered only under confidentiality and whether the Legislature could accept that information in an executive session.

Multiple senators pushed back on the use of NDAs or secret…

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