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ALASKA PRIMARY ELECTION A BLOODLETTING AMONG REPUBLICANS: The primary election was a bloodletting among Republican leaders, and while Republicans may command House and Senate organizations next year there may not be organizations that prove very functional in key decision-making. There’s still a general election in front of us but the Senate appears to have a likely split of seven Democrats and nine “regular” Republicans, with four Republicans as a part of the present Senate coalition (Stedman, Stevens, von Imhof, and…

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Dustup over the STIP

Dustup over the STIP

State transportation officials are scrambling to work out problems in the State Transportation Improvement Program, which guides all-important federal funding. Federal highway officials sent the plan back to the state for revisions and the deadline is tight for these, so there’s a lot of attention focused on the plan. There’s also a lot of finger-pointing, much of it political. Many of the needed changes appear to be minor but a point of tension is over recommendations by two municipal transportation…

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Economic Report 20-19

Economic Report 20-19

In this issue we discuss plans for major new cargo transfer facilities at Anchorage’s airport; we also describe a new joint-venture to develop a geothermal power project near Unalaska

Economic Report 18-19

Economic Report 18-19

In this issue we describe North Slope oil companies’ plans for $24 billion in projects next 10 years; also, we discuss a solar project in the Matanusuka-Susitna Borough that produces power cheaper than with natural gas.

Economic Report 14-19

Economic Report 14-19

In this issue we discuss the cost of the summer fires, what happens to Prudhoe Bay while BP sale is unresolved, and the results of a campaign to recall the governor.

Economic Report 13-19

Economic Report 13-19

In this issue we will be discussing the HILCORP/BP deal, the release of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, as well as the cost of delaying building maintenance for the University of Alaska and more.

Economic Report 12-19

Economic Report 12-19

In this issue we talk about the Governor’s budget and is it going to keep us in a recession, the new space data center in the Mat-su, and the season that the North Slope had.