Economy

Alaska’s economic development agency plans a Mat-Su industrial park, with data centers

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal - July 17, 2026

The AIDEA proposal is generating some enthusiasm, and some concerns about its inclusion of data centers.

Dunleavy administration backs 20,000-acre giveaway to AIDEA

Commentary Dermot Cole - July 14, 2026

The state is rushing through a plan to give away 20,000 acres of state land near Houston to the Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority.

Once-certain AKLNG tax cut deal unravels as legislators grapple with S-corp taxes, secret agreements and slights

News Matt Acuña Buxton - July 8, 2026

Legislators are midway through the second special session of the year.

Urban Alaska’s high costs of living driven by health care and groceries

Anchorage Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon - July 8, 2026

Juneau is the costliest of the state’s three major cities, followed by Anchorage and Fairbanks, according to the annual analysis by the Alaska Department of Labor.

With tens of millions at stake, feud over trans-Alaska pipeline value heads to court

News Victoria Petersen - July 1, 2026

Alaska’s major oil companies, and three municipalities, have filed separate appeals of a state tax board decision that set the value of the pipeline at $13 billion.

AKLNG bill advances out of the House, highlighting state’s geographic divide

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - June 15, 2026

The AKLNG subsidy bill advanced out of the House on Friday on a 35 to 4 vote.

AKLNG bill advances without the option for local governments to cut their own deals

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - June 11, 2026

With a little more than a week remaining in Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's special session, the gasline subsidy bill is nearing a vote in the House.

AKLNG’s proposed gas contract highlights the project’s underlying challenge: There just aren’t that many Alaskans

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton - June 5, 2026

The AKLNG special session continued this week, giving more clarity on what will be an undeniably difficult project, no matter the subsidy lawmakers ultimately approve.

‘You’d be crying at the pump’: This Alaska village’s gas was $8.44 — before the Iran war

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal - June 4, 2026

Gas and heating fuel prices in rural Alaska were already high. An impending spike from the Iran war could "wipe out" communities.

Risk-averse legislators dismiss the AKLNG ‘razzle dazzle’ to drill down on the giga-project’s details

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton - May 29, 2026

The biggest takeaway from the first full week of hearings on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade subsidy for the natural gas pipeline project is that the state sure is lucky that lawmakers’ efforts to rush the bill through didn’t pan out.

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As winter approaches, Southcentral Alaska utilities are worried about running short of gas

Hilcorp killed Alaska LNG bill, some legislators say, but governor calls the claim ‘bulls**t’

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