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Slow negotiations, crashing oil prices and a weak natural gas market have combined to throw the governor’s proposed pipeline timeline into question.

Project spokesperson Kim Fox called it a milestone in Alaska’s long quest for a natural gas pipeline.

Juneau Rep. Cathy Muñoz says to expect a special legislative session sometime in the fall, this time in the capital city.

Since Gov. Bill Walker was inaugurated, he and the Legislature’s Republican leadership have traded reams of angry letters and testy press releases. Now, their paper battle has escalated into outright hostility.

Walker would like to substantially grow the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline project, so the state could sell gas to Asian buyers, too.

Republican leaders expect that the Legislature will go ahead with a special session in October focused on natural gas policy.