The two largest credit rating firms noted growing state budget reserves and progress on future North Slope oil projects.
The provision to increase taxes on the operator of Prudhoe Bay was removed after a fierce lobbying campaign.
Removing all the offshore oil infrastructure from Cook Inlet could cost $1 billion. But some platforms have sat idle for decades, as inspectors say they’re in an “advanced state of disrepair.”
Bob Griffin was removed from the state board of education and Mike Porcaro was removed from a paid position with a commercial fishery commission.
The special meeting followed the release of internal emails in which a top financial manager for the fund raised ethical concerns about Vice Chair Ellie Rubenstein.
Contractors and equipment and have been staged on site for weeks at a cost of about $100,000 per day, according to a city memorandum.
NANA regional corporation said that it won’t renew the land-use surface permit it issued to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.
The concerns involve Ellie Rubenstein’s business partners, her private equity firm and her father, billionaire David Rubenstein.
Brian Corty pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and other similar charges against him and his wife were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
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