Don Young will be on the House negotiating team for tax cut bill
Rep. Don Young is on the U.S. House’s negotiating team for the GOP’s tax cut bill. Young will be among a team of nine representatives…
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The ACA vs ANWR: Murkowski’s (politically) not-so-tough choice
The Senate Republicans’ controversial tax “reform” bill seemed to suffer another setback this week when leadership announced that to pay for their tax cuts they’d…
Senate Energy Committee approves amendment to open ANWR
The 13-10 vote included the support of one Democrat. The lease sales are expected to net Alaska more than $1 billion over the next decade.
Alaska and China sign $43 billion agreement to develop LNG pipeline, part of Trump’s war on the trade deficit
The deal was announced as a greater effort to fix the trade deficit between the United States and China.
Alaska Gov. Walker expected to bring home gasline deal from Trump’s trip to Asia
Walker is expected to brief legislators on the announcement tonight.
The state has appealed the salmon initiative to the Supreme Court, but supporters can gather signatures
The state says a lower court judge got it wrong when he overturned Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott’s decision to invalidate the measure.
Leaked emails give inside look at BP’s scramble to improve safety after series of North Slope accidents
Officials at the company have become increasingly alarmed by violations of safety practices that they pulled most North Slope workers off to go through safety training.
Trump administration takes steps to open more of the NPR-A to oil and gas production
The notice includes land currently unavailable for leasing under a 2013 decision by the Obama administration.