Energy & Mining

Feb 20 2019
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ASRC, after backing Dunleavy’s campaign, blasts his oil tax redistribution plan

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, North Slope, State Government

ASRC president and CEO Rex Rock Sr. said: “Trying to balance a state budget on the backs of the Iñupiat people across the Arctic Slope is a wrongsided attack on our region.”

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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 13 2019
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Alaska Native issues feature prominently at hearing on Arctic Refuge oil leasing

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Energy & Mining, Federal Government

Throughout the hearing, an organized group of opponents from communities across the state provided much of the public testimony against development in the refuge, holding up bandannas and signs that said: “Defend the Sacred: Protect the Arctic.”

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