Alaska House rejects Senate’s LNG gas line bill, lawmakers say negotiations will continue
The Alaska House of Representatives on Saturday rejected a Senate-drafted multibillion-dollar tax break for a...
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admin Alaska Senate approves gas pipeline tax break, but governor and others indicate it isn’t enough
Senators voted narrowly to eliminate an exemption to the state’s corporate income tax that would have applied to the project.
Dunleavy vetoes nine bills, but Alaska lawmakers override two in special session flurry
Sixteen other bills, including a measure raising the state’s age of consent, became law without a veto from the governor.
State AG asks Alaska Supreme Court to compel Fairbanks district to open charter school
Alaska’s acting attorney general filed an emergency petition with the Alaska Supreme Court to compel the Fairbanks North Star Borough…
U.S. scientific instruments in oceans off Alaska and elsewhere to remain in place
After a public outcry, the National Science Foundation dropped its plan to remove much of the Ocean Observatories Initaitive system.
As Alaska gasline special session nears end, additional session looms and Senate prepares to vote
If Alaska lawmakers do not vote by midday Friday on a bill offering a tax break to the proposed trans-Alaska…
Feds sending $99 million in aid to address three declared Alaska fishery disasters
NOAA Fisheries is allocating the aid for declared fishery disasters concerning Bering Sea snow crab and Cook Inlet and Chignik…
Gas pipeline would be worth almost $800 million annually to Alaska treasury, new estimate says
Even with a proposed tax break, it isn't clear whether the pipeline project makes economic sense and would be built.
Gas pipeline deadlock continues in Alaska Senate as special session nears end
Members of the Senate’s controlling majority caucus canceled meetings Wednesday and debated behind closed doors.
For trans-Alaska gas pipeline operator, carbon dioxide may be a lucrative sideline
The Alaska Department of Revenue estimates the pipeline project’s carbon plant could receive $7.4 billion in federal aid across 12…