Those familiar with the business climate in California probably won't be surprised that the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation ranks California 45th of 50 states for the effect state taxes have on business.
The folks at the Food Bank of Alaska are giving thanks. Governor Murkowski presented the organization with a 20,000-dollar check to help support their annual Anchorage Thanksgiving Blessing Project, and kick-off the holiday giving season.
Production at America's largest oil field will remain down for several days. That word Wednesday from BP. The oil company says operators are scrambling to clean hardened mud off high voltage electrical insulators that shorted and brought down the field's electrical system yesterday.
The Alaska Division of Homeland Security is sending some assistance to the Kenai Peninsula. Seward and other communities are continuing to experience severe flooding after torrential rains and extremely high winds soaked and battered most of southcentral Alaska.
The founding president of Alaska's Future says the nonprofit group was created as a front for the state's three largest oil companies. The organization describes itself as a nonpartisan group of pro-business young Alaskans.
The trans-Alaska oil pipeline has been restarted after being shut down for almost ten hours. The 800-mile line came back online at 1:40 Tuesday afternoon. Prudhoe Bay remains in shutdown mode, however, after a power outage caused by high winds forced oil giant BP to close operations.
The operator of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline says the line was shut down Tuesday morning after it lost communications to remote valves that close in the event of a spill. Mike Heatwole is a spokesman for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, operator of the 800-mile pipeline.
Democratic candidate for governor Tony Knowles on Monday put a natural gas pipeline at the center of a plan to improve education, ensure jobs and keep the state’s economy strong.
