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The Canning River in ANWR's 1002 coastal plain. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S judge rejects push to open ANWR

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 17:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 19:25
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A novel strategy pushed by then-Gov. Sean Parnell and his natural resources head — now U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan —

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

New ferry contract part of effort to create shipbuilding industry in Alaska

Pat Forgey, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 18:55 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 19:25
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JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell last month traveled to Ketchikan to announce that an Alaska shipyard in that city would

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Society Society (USA) USA 

State releases report on health care access for Alaska’s poorest populations

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 15:24
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A state analysis released Tuesday examines the health care services that are available, or lacking, for Alaska’s poorest populations. The

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Piplines runing from the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope in 2006. (Al Grillo / AP)
Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska Senate approves Parnell’s LNG plan

Pat Forgey, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 10:28
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JUNEAU — A divided Alaska Senate has approved Gov. Sean Parnell’s liquefied natural gas export project deal after senators said

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With a new Alaska forecasts showing a decade more of declining North Slope oil production, Gov. Sean Parnell may be forced to admit defeat on his tax cutting effort to get 1 million barrels flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline. (Stephen Nowers illustration / Alaska Dispatch)
Business USA 

Alaska battle heats up as years of oil decline predicted

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 12:25
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With a new state forecast showing Alaska oil production falling to unprecedented lows in the coming decade, Democrats are calling

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The Parnell lobbying team and other tax-cut advocates claimed that Alaska's taxes were higher than competing jurisdictions. That calculation, though, was based on the statutory federal tax rate of 35 percent, not the effective rate that was actually paid, making Alaska's rate appear relatively higher. That means the government take in Alaska is not as high as the Legislature was told, and that oil company profits are higher, said Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka. (Aaron Jansen illustration / Alaska Dispatch)
Business USA 

Alaska oil companies’ tax burden less than claimed: study

Pat Forgey, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2013 at 11:19
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How much do Alaska oil companies really pay in taxes? A new federal study suggests it may not be as

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The debate over whether to open the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration is back in the news. And as always, the lines are clearly drawn in Washington, D.C. (USFWS, Alaska Dispatch)
Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Is Alaska proposal for oil exploration in wildlife refuge legal?

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 09:48
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A pair of East Coast congressmen hoping to slam shut the debate over opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to

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