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Alaskans, it’s time to dust off your economics textbooks and dig the calculators out of the back of your junk drawers because the arcane issue of oil taxes is again about to be a hotly contested topic going into the 2020 elections.
Oil & Gas
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ConocoPhillips is continuing its series of active North Slope work seasons with seven more... Read More -
Alaskans, it’s time to dust off your economics textbooks and dig the calculators out of the back of... Read More -
Homer Electric Association members could soon see the benefit from a renegotiated natural gas... Read More -
A federal agency on Thursday recommended a plan to offer the entire coastal plain of the Arctic... Read More
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Justices on the Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday morning in the lawsuit over oil... Read More
Fisheries
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“Unpredictable” is the way salmon managers describe Alaska’s 2019 salmon season, with “very, very... Read More
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Federal agencies are meeting now through next March to define U.S. dietary guidelines for 2020-25,... Read More -
The 2019 salmon season has seen plenty of fish return to the state, but far from evenly across... Read More
Mining
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One third of the Alaska Legislature sent a letter to a Canadian mining company on Sept. 9 in an... Read More
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Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy wants federal decision makers to approve a fast-tracked permitting plan... Read More -
Bureau of Land Management officials have released the draft review of a proposal by the State of... Read More
Small Business
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When Jennifer Loofbourrow walks through the headquarters of Alpine Fit — currently a 960 square-... Read More -
Canadian food brokers and marketers recently gave a handful of Alaska startups a taste of what it... Read More -
Some people don’t find a lifelong career because of an intense calling to a specific field. They... Read More -
Ask experts in the area and they’ll tell you: the blue economy is the future of Alaska’s economic... Read More
Opinion
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Oil markets have collectively yawned over the past few months as tensions in the Persian Gulf... Read More -
Alaskans worried that BP’s sale of its Prudhoe Bay assets to Hilcorp means Alaska’s oil and gas... Read More
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Last week the House of Representatives approved measures that would restrict America’s future... Read More -
Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery raised me. I spent my summers commercial fishing with my brothers and... Read More
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ConocoPhillips is continuing its series of active North Slope work seasons with seven more exploration wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska this coming winter. -
When Jennifer Loofbourrow walks through the headquarters of Alpine Fit — currently a 960 square-foot shop and showroom with a lofted office in Midtown Anchorage — she radiates enthusiasm for the eye-catching technical apparel she manufactures.
Transportation
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As of now there are proposed cargo warehouse and transfer facility developments worth nearly $600... Read More -
Alaska continues to be at the forefront of an aviation revolution. This time, pilots and... Read More -
The battle over a proposed emergency access road through the Izembek National Wildlife refuge is... Read More -
The Anchorage Assembly has approved funding to start a total rebuild to the docks at the city’s... Read More
Politics
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Sen. Dan Sullivan wants Alaskan contractors to know that the more than $200 million expansion... Read More -
Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy said he plans to continue to push for a Permanent Fund dividend calculated... Read More -
JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature has approved legislation fixing the state’s four immediate fiscal... Read More
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The Alaska House failed by one vote Monday to win sufficient support to use reserve funds to help... Read More
Tech & Telecom
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Alaska continues to be at the forefront of an aviation revolution. This time, pilots and... Read More
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It's been hard to miss for anyone who spent time in Downtown Anchorage the past week, but others... Read More -
Big Tech faced tough questions last week as federal lawmakers focused on issues of potentially... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress bears down on big tech companies, two senators want to force giants... Read More
Health
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Oklahoma’s $572 million judgment against Johnson &Johnson will likely be followed by more... Read More -
Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Rachel Lieber's last name... Read More -
About three years after starting the process, the state is finally moving forward with a plan to... Read More
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A Medicaid overhaul analysis commissioned by Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy’s administration concluded... Read More
Money & Finance
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NEW YORK (AP) — Just when bank customers were finally getting something reasonable for... Read More
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Alaska banks are seeing positives in the state economy despite uncertainties caused by the state’s... Read More -
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the hottest trends in investing are working in tandem to steer... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Jerome Powell signaled July 10 that the Federal Reserve is... Read More