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April Issue 2 2013

Native lands decision could have major implications

The 3rd District U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has nullified a Department of the Interior regulation prohibiting the Secretary from approving lands taken into trust by Alaska Tribal groups.

Tim Bradner Alaska Journal of Commerce

April Issue 2 2013

Tempo quickens in Juneau as session nears April 15 end

The tempo has quickened in the state capitol as the Legislature enters its final days in session. Some bills introduced just days ago are flashing through the House and Senate, although last-minute speed bumps always develop.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

April Issue 2 2013

EDITORIAL: Scapegoating Webster is a setback for Cook Inlet

Not that relations between commercial and sport stakeholders in Cook Inlet weren’t frosty prior to the vote, but the campaign waged against Bristol Bay setnetter Webster by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association is yet another chill to any hope of thawing the perpetual conflict now exacerbated by low returns of Kenai River kings.

Andrew Jensen Managing editor

April Issue 2 2013

Inlet fish war leads to failure for anti-bycatch resolution

What was supposed to be a two-fisted verbal whack at trawler bycatch of Alaska chinook salmon had one hand tied behind its back when a House resolution aimed at federal managers fell victim to the Cook Inlet salmon war.

Bob Tkacz For the Journal

April Issue 2 2013

State commission mulls tough fracking regs

Alaska’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission held two days of hearings April 4 and 5 on proposed new regulations on hydraulic fracturing.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

April Issue 2 2013

Amended permitting bill advances

A state senator on April 8 questioned the judgment of a Senate Finance Committee co-chair in advancing an amended version of a state permitting bill.

BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press

April Issue 1 2013

Energy issues on floor of House, Senate; committee tables oil tax

Some of the Legislature’s major energy issues of 2013 moved to the House and Senate floors Thursday.

TIM BRADNER, Alaska Journal of Commerce

April Issue 1 2013

House Finance Committee laboring through oil tax bill

The House Finance Committee has spent five days laboring through Gov. Sean Parnell’s proposal to revamp the state’s oil and gas production tax, and committee co-chair Rep. Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak says he hoped to move Senate Bill 21 on its way soon.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

April Issue 1 2013

Industry reps: Tax overhaul an improvement

An oil tax overhaul under consideration in Alaska would be a "game changer" and send a signal that the state is ready to compete for investment, a BP Alaska executive said Monday.

BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press

April Issue 1 2013

Lower revenues, oil production now estimated

The state Department of Revenue issued its spring oil revenue and production forecast Friday and is projecting lower North Slope oil petroleum revenues and production than were estimated in the fall forecast issued last December.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

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