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Alaska officials respond to mystery spill near idled Cook Inlet oil platform

Environment Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
State and industry officials and the U.S. Coast Guard were responding on Tuesday to an unexplained oil spill roughly 60 miles southwest of Anchorage in Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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Gasoline hits $26 per gallon in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak

Economy James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
Across the United States, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $4.10 on Thursday.
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First week of third gasline special session ends with no action by Dunleavy or Alaska Legislature

News James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
The Alaska Legislature ended the first week of its third special session on the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline with no action.
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As winter approaches, Southcentral Alaska utilities are worried about running short of gas

News James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
After a cold spring, they’re planning for a worst-case scenario next winter and doing their best to avoid it.
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Hilcorp killed Alaska LNG bill, some legislators say, but governor calls the claim ‘bulls**t’

News Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon -
Behind the scenes of a climactic day in the Alaska Legislature for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
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Alaska’s economic development agency plans a Mat-Su industrial park, with data centers

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
The AIDEA proposal is generating some enthusiasm, and some concerns about its inclusion of data centers.
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Dunleavy administration backs 20,000-acre giveaway to AIDEA

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

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Legislators are midway through the second special session of the year.
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With tens of millions at stake, feud over trans-Alaska pipeline value heads to court

News Victoria Petersen -
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.
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AKLNG bill advances out of the House, highlighting state’s geographic divide

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
The AKLNG subsidy bill advanced out of the House on Friday on a 35 to 4 vote.
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