Political pressure builds as state-led Alaska LNG project goes another year without a deal • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
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Political pressure is building on Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to show progress on its huge state-sponsored liquefied natural gas export project, as it asks the Legislature for another $4.5 million to keep it alive. Boosters say there’s still substantial interest from potential investors and partners in the $43 billion Alaska LNG project, amid […]
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Alaska politicians contemplate first statewide borrowing request since 2012 • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
Alaska lawmakers are considering whether to ask voters for permission to borrow money for major upgrades to the state’s electrical grids, they said this week. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded the Alaska Energy Authority a $206 million grant to upgrade electrical transmission lines in Southcentral Alaska. That grant must be matched by […]
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Alaska Senate passes new pension program for state employees, but final approval is in question | #alaska | #politics
The Alaska Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to revive a pension program for state employees, an act that could bring new benefits to as many as 37,000 Alaskans and is intended to ease a chronic employee shortage at state agencies. Alaska has been without a public-employee pension program for new workers since 2006, when the […]
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Alaska Democrats, Republicans form coalition Senate majority | #alaska | #politics
Posted: Nov 25, 2022 / 09:25 PM CST | Updated: Nov 25, 2022 / 09:26 PM CST Alaska stateline ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska state Senate will have a coalition of Democrats and Republicans serving as a majority caucus next January, officials announced. Friday. The coalition will include nine Democrats and eight Republicans, leaving […]
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