FAIRBANKS – Governor Bill Walker on Wednesday signed House Bill 331 into law, closing out the remaining debt the State of Alaska incurred under the defunct cashable tax credit program. The new law allows the state to issue bonds to pay the final debts carried over from the former tax system. The policy change will […]
ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is conducting the final public meeting at the National Housing Center in Washington, D.C. to provide input on the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program environmental impact statement (EIS). Public comments will be accepted through various other means until June 19, 2018. Anyone desiring to provide public testimony can sign […]
VANCOUVER, BC – A BC First Nation and Canadian marine and offshore company announced Friday they have teamed up in a unique partnership to help prevent and respond to marine incidents on Canada’s West Coast, and to improve marine emergency response capacity in Indigenous and coastal communities. The newly-formed Heiltsuk Horizon Maritime Services Limited has […]
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), joined by original cosponsors Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), introduced the “Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives that would repeal a provision in the controversial December tax legislation mandating drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife […]