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Alaska ferry system considers raising ratesThe Alaska Marine Highway System is considering raising its rates for traveling aboard the state's ferries in order to deal with a pared down operating budget approved by lawmakers this spring. |
May Issue 3 2013 | |
Alliance launches campaign against oil tax repeal initiativeAlaska’s oil and gas service companies launched a campaign May 13 urging voters not to sign petitions being circulated for a ballot proposition repealing Senate Bill 21, a bill passed by the Legislature modifying the state’s production tax on oil and gas, at least without learning more about the issue. |
May Issue 3 2013 | |
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Proposed housing facility at ANMC will cut Medicaid costsAnchorage could see another major construction project in the near future if the Gov. Sean Parnell approves a plan to add a residential housing facility at the Alaska Native Medical Center. |
May Issue 3 2013 |
Parnell meeting with banks, agencies in New YorkGov. Sean Parnell is in New York meeting with banks and rating agencies about Alaska's budget and economic outlook. |
May Issue 2 2013 | |
Murkowski: Plan to have Alaska aid cleanup is deadJUNEAU (AP) — A proposal to have the state help pay to clean up abandoned federal well sites in the Alaska arctic is “dead on arrival,” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday. |
May Issue 2 2013 | |
AJOC EDITORIAL: Opponents of tax reform still don’t get itOn the opposite page you’ll find that Rep. Les Gara has his knickers in a twist over the spurt of positive news flowing from the North Slope in the aftermath of the latest legislative session that ended with passage of a comprehensive oil tax reform bill. |
May Issue 2 2013 | |
GUEST COMMENTARY: PR for SB 21 takes credit for moves made under ACESWithin a week after his $1 billion-plus oil revenue rollback passed, the governor, oil companies and their allies began to crank up their PR machine. |
May Issue 2 2013 | |
State estimates referendum costs at up to $2.5MThe state estimates it could cost up to $2.5 million to implement a repeal of Alaska's recently approved oil tax structure. |
May Issue 1 2013 | |
Murkowski pushes Izembek road with administrationAn Alaska U.S. senator hopes that Obama administration officials will support a plan to put a road through a national wildlife refuge after taking trips to a rural village. |
May Issue 1 2013 | |
Former Murkowski aide who served time now lobbyistA former aide to Sen. Lisa Murkowski who served time in prison for falsifying his fishing records is now working as a lobbyist. |
May Issue 1 2013 |
