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Alaska champions $40bn pipeline plan

By Ed Crooks, Financial Times

BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are in discussions about a $40bn project to export liquefied natural gas from Alaska to Asia, potentially opening up large but stranded reserves that currently have no route to market.

According to people …

Alaska’s tale of two cities: one desperate for fuel, another for big shovels

By Gloria Goodale, Christian Science Monitor

Two human dramas are continuing to unfold in the nation’s coldest state.

The tiny town of Cordova (pop. 2,300), nestled inPrince William Sound, races to dig out from “snowpocalypse,” its worst snow disaster in …

Alaska’s Young cleared in House ethics probe

Susan Crabtree, Washington Times

The House Ethics Committee has cleared Rep. Don Young, Alaska Republican, of any wrongdoing related to donations to his legal expense fund, but the panel also changed the rules to make them clearer.

Mr. Young was accused of …

Many states celebrate surpluses as Congress struggles with debt

By Ben Wolfgang-The Washington Times

As Washington stares at rising national debt and projected deficits for years to come, many states are faced with the opposite problem: whether to spend their budget surpluses and, if so, on what.

At least a dozen …

Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Clarify Health Care Ruling After Alaska Governor Refuses to Enact Law

FoxNews.com

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday he will not implement it President Obama’s health care overhaul because a federal judge in Florida ruled it unconstitutional, prompting the Justice Department to take the case back to the judge.

Attorneys for the Obama …

Joe Miller May Form a PAC as He Mulls Political Future

Posted by Scott Conroy, Real Clear Politics

He may have lost his campaign to unseat Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in November, but evidence is mounting to suggest that Alaskans have not seen the last of Joe Miller.

Miller rode a wave of …

Miller Ends Fight, Concedes Alaska Race

By Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Republican Joe Miller on Friday ended his legal fight over Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat, conceding the race to his bitter rival, incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

Miller’s decision, announced at a news conference in …

Miller won’t try to block Murkowski Senate win

By BECKY BOHRER , Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Joe Miller says he won’t stand in the way of GOP rival Lisa Murkowski being certified the winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, but will continue his court challenge to the state’s …

Murkowski goes rogue

By Meredith Shiner, Politico

Lisa Murkowski isn’t gunning down caribou on national TV like that other famous Alaskan, but the Republican lawmaker is going rogue in the Senate just weeks after staging the most stunning back-from-the-dead political …

Judge rules against Miller in Alaska Senate race

By BECKY BOHRER

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A judge on Friday ruled against Republican Joe Miller’slawsuit challenging how Alaska counted write-in votes for rival Lisa Murkowski in their Senate race, delivering a crushing blow to the …

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