ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker and members of his gasline team will host a briefing for lawmakers and the general public on Sat., Oct. 24 from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. in preparation for the gasline special session. The event will be held at Centennial Hall in Juneau and will be aired live on Gavel to […]
ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker returned to Alaska Thursday after a day of meetings in Washington, D.C., with key Obama administration officials. Governor Walker requested the meetings shortly after Shell announced on Sun., Sept. 27, that it would halt its efforts on Arctic development. Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott remained on Capitol Hill today to continue meetings with […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker issued a proclamation Thursday calling the Legislature into a special session on October 24 in Juneau to address gasline issues. In a short video address to Alaskans, Governor Walker explained the urgency of North Slope gas production. “With a $3.5 billion budget deficit, this gasline project has gone from a […]
TOKYO—Governor Bill Walker on Monday kicked off a weeklong series of meetings in Japan about taking Alaska’s natural gas to market. He and members of his team met with officials of a leading Japanese trade company, a governmental financing organization and two major utilities. They also met in Tokyo with U.S. Department of Energy officials […]