All three members of Alaska’s Republican delegation to Congress voted for the $1.2 trillion bill — reflecting how important the bill is to the 49th state.
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A Colorado wildcatter found a huge new North Slope oil field. Now it’s buying up new federal leases in Alaska.
Armstrong Oil and Gas, which found and then sold a massive field on Alaska’s North Slope, just bought up about 1 million acres in oil leases in the National Petroleum Reserve.
Warning from left: Deficit could eat Alaska’s Arctic Refuge money
The U.S. Senate tax bill would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil lease sales and split revenues with the state 50-50. Some Alaskans insist the state should get 90 percent, as promised in the statehood act. But if the tax bill passes, some opponents warn the state’s actual revenues from ANWR, no matter how much the oil companies bid, could be zero.
Drilling foes see bids, request redo on Arctic Refuge estimate
Three Congress members opposed to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are challenging the revenue projections for that endeavor, and they have fresh evidence on their side.
Premera to bump up premium to cover Trump cut
Just last month Premera announced it would drop its health insurance rates on Alaska’s individual market by more than 26 percent. But the drop may not be quite that steep after all, at least for one type of plan.
Murkowski could swing Senate for latest ACA repeal
Defenders of the Obama health care law are applying as much pressure as they can to get U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to vote no on the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and Tuesday, all eyes were on Murkowski at the Capitol.
CBO sees peril in U.S. Senate health care bill for uncrowded regions
The Congressional Budget Office has what amounts to a warning for “sparsely populated areas” in its analysis of the Senate’s draft health care reform bill.
Republicans’ AHCA would leave 23M more uninsured, Congressional Budget Office says
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the GOP’s Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill would also reduce the deficit and leave some sick Americans unable to buy coverage.
As GOP health care push moves to Senate, White House questions value of CBO analysis
“I think I know the gospel pretty well,” a White House spokeswoman said after the House passed a health care bill without the official legislative scoring, “and I’d say the CBO is not the gospel.”
GOP health bill won’t cure what ails Alaska market, two industry pros say
The bill to replace the Affordable Care Act is on shaky ground in Congress, drawing criticism from left, right and center in the U.S. House. Guests on “Talk of Alaska” Tuesday said the bill would do more harm than good.