State doesn’t plan to seek costs in Palin case
The state of Alaska doesn’t plan to seek costs in a lawsuit brought against Sarah Palin.
Marine Highway dropping discounts to save money
Say so long to summer drivers riding the ferry for free, winter roundtrip discounts and printed schedules. The changes are some of the ways the Alaska Marine Highway plans to address a $3.5-million spending cut mandated by the Legislature.
State estimates referendum costs at up to $2.5M
The state estimates it could cost up to $2.5 million to implement a repeal of Alaska’s recently approved oil tax structure.
Board considering regs on reading readiness
The state has proposed new regulations setting out screening to gauge how well young students are reading.
Decades late, Alaska’s first governor gets his discharge papers
Alaska Territorial Guard members never received formal discharge papers from the United States government, including some well-known Alaskans.
Parnell plans to seek re-election as governor in 2014
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell said Friday that he will seek re-election next year. The announcement comes with the 2014 primaries more than a year away.
Signature collection starts for oil tax referendum
With the signature booklets hot off the printers, opponents of a controversial tax cut for oil companies should be able to start gathering support for their referendum Tuesday.
Alaska Supreme Court clarifies redistricting decision
Alaska’s highest court says the first step in the redistricting process is to draw political boundaries based on state constitutional requirements.
Juneau legislators reflect on session successes, failures
Juneau legislators talk about oil taxes and budgets at the Chamber of Commerce.
Stedman: Oil tax break a ‘gift’ to industry
Sen. Bert Stedman calls this year’s rollback of state taxes a “gift” to the oil industry. And while he’s not unhappy with many of the structural changes to the oil tax scheme in Senate Bill 21, he says the numbers just don’t make sense.
