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Rep. Don Young, on Africa hunting trip, misses hearing on Alaska oil legislation

US Rep. Don Young from Alaska works in his office on Capitol Hill January 20, 2011 in Washington, DC.
Photo by Olivier Douliery/ ABACAUSA.com

When a key House of Representatives panel took up a bill this week that would require annual lease sales and streamline permitting in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, home state Rep. Don Young missed the session.

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LEGISLATURE

Group fights move to repeal oil-tax cut

An oil industry group wants Alaskans to think hard about whether to put their names on petitions seeking to put a measure on the 2014 ballot that would repeal the oil tax cuts passed this year by the state Legislature.
LEGISLATURE

Effort to repeal new oil tax law clears its first hurdle

Backers of a voter referendum to wipe out the newly passed oil tax bill can move ahead with their effort. Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on Thursday certified their application, and the group can now circulate petitions to collect signatures in their quest to put the measure targeted at Senate Bill 21 ...
POLITICS

Begich, Murkowski reveal reasoning for voting against gun control bill

Alaska Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski, both of whom voted against the effort to extend background checks to gun shows and online sales, have supported an alternative that would increase the number of mental health records entered into the federal background check database.
LEGISLATURE

Critics of oil tax cuts move ahead with referendum to repeal the legislation

Critics of Gov. Sean Parnell's oil tax cut bill on Thursday called it unconstitutional, a break for Big Oil and a massive giveaway of Alaska's resources as they took the first official step in their bid to repeal the newly passed measure.
POLITICS

Alaska senators vote against tighter gun control measure

Both of Alaska's senators, Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski, voted against tighter gun control legislation Wednesday.
LEGISLATURE

Legislature OKs Parnell oil tax cuts that will cost state billions

The Alaska Senate on Sunday approved the oil tax bill that passed the House 13 hours before, sending to Gov. Sean Parnell the measure he sought to reduce the tax bill for Alaska's leading industry.
LEGISLATURE

House passes oil tax overhaul

The House passed its version of Gov. Sean Parnell's oil-tax cuts in the early hours of the final day of the Legislature Sunday, sending the historic revamp of Alaska's most important tax back to the Senate for a concurrence vote.
LEGISLATURE

Abortion bill loses traction in Legislature's final weekend

JUNEAU -- The main abortion-restricting bill this session is in trouble over a provision added in the Senate to increase funding for family planning and health services for low-income women.
LEGISLATURE

Senate approves in-state gasline bill

The state Senate voted Friday night to approve an $8 billion small-diameter in-state pipeline that would bring natural gas from the North Slope to Fairbanks and Southcentral Alaska.
STATE NEWS

House passed Knik Bridge bill

The House voted 24-15 to move the bill transferring the project to the state's housing agency and opening the way to construction.