The Alaska Legislature is headed for a special session focused on tax cuts for the Alaska LNG project immediately after lawmakers adjourn on Wednesday.
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Alaska House weighs negotiated compromise cutting taxes for Alaska LNG project
Lawmakers are considering whether to insert the tax relief legislation as an amendment to what had been, until Monday, a three-sentence bill.
Lawmakers land on $1,200 payout, as they negotiate AKLNG bill
On Sunday, legislative leaders said they were negotiating with the governor’s office and other stakeholders on a bill that would provide a large property tax cut for the Alaska LNG project.
Legislature looks to add workforce housing to Alaska development agency’s priority list
House Bill 184 gives the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority explicit legal grounds to finance housing projects with three or more units.
Murkowski votes with Dems to end war — but she’s open to paying for it
Sen. Murkowski is frustrated the Trump administration keeps Congress in the dark about the Iran war. She calls the cost “eye-popping.”
Alaska’s famously massive cabbages should be the official state vegetable, state House says
The giant green cabbage, enabled by the midnight sun, is a fitting symbol of Alaskans’ spirit and a nod to the state’s history, said bill sponsor Rep. DeLena Johnson, a Palmer Republican.