Juneau gets gassy
Up until recently, almost every pundit and seasoned political observer in Juneau would tell you that Gov. Sean Parnell’s oil tax bill, SB 21, was the legislation that was driving the mechanisms of the...
View ArticleThe session that dismantled Palin’s legacy
It took awhile to purge Gov. Sarah Palin. It took longer than people expected. After all, what could one governor do to a state in less than two years? Ask those who are busy in Juneau dismantling her...
View ArticleThis is the way the oil tax debate ends: not with a bang but a whimper
The session that finally put an end to the current chapter of the decades-long tax debate, the one that has seen political careers ruined, millions of dollars spent, a state fractured. The one that’s...
View ArticleBye bye oil taxes. Hello gas taxes.
Most of us have been enjoying the glorious summer and trying to forget the last two oily legislative sessions. Trying to forget the endless committee hearings, the excruciating testimony from oil...
View ArticleWill historic Russia-China gas deal impact Alaska LNG project?
On Wednesday it was announced that Russia has signed a deal with China to supply the country with natural gas for 30 years. Russian gas company Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said that the contract is worth...
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