Economy

Anchorage and the rest of urban Alaska are facing a natural gas supply shortage.

Because property values have gone up, the city would get more property tax, even with a lower mill rate.

No other salmon species or commercial gear group or sport fishery – anywhere on the entire Pacific Northwest coast – is affected by the Western Washington District Court order, just commercial trolling for king salmon in Southeast Alaska.

The two chambers are hoping to avoid a special session but have been split over the size of the Permanent Fund dividend and whether to dip into state savings.

As it stands now, Alaskans have to ship in graded lumber from the outside, which is expensive.

It’s a win for the state’s marketing branch, which had some help from Alaska’s congressional delegation.