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Feb 20 2019
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy leaves the House chambers in Juneau after delivering the annual State of the State address to the Alaska Legislature on Jan. 22, 2019.

Where Dunleavy wants to spend more cash: tourism, courts, pensions, oil tax credits

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Crime & Courts, Economy, Energy & Mining, Politics, State Government, Tourism

Gov. Michael Dunleavy was elected on a pledge to cut the state budget. But his proposal still finds room for budget boosts for a handful of items, from state courts to oil tax credits to a Denali State Park visitors center.

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Feb 08 2019
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Don’t count on oil to bail out Alaska’s budget soon, says unpublished state tax memo

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Economy, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, Government, North Slope, Politics, State Government

The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is a hot area for oil development right now. But don’t count on new production there to bail out the state budget any time soon. That’s the takeaway from a previously unpublished, two-month-old analysis drafted by former independent Gov. Bill Walker’s administration.

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Feb 06 2019
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As the Bering Sea warms, this skipper is chasing pollock to new places

By | A News, Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Business, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech

“Across the board, everybody has a story about something that they haven’t seen before,” said Dan Martin, a 53-year-old captain of a Bering Sea pollock trawler. We took a fishing trip with Martin to find out what he’s experiencing as the Bering Sea heats up.

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