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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 27, 2018
It was recently passed out of the House Resources Committee. When it comes to flame retardants, as a former formulator chemist of these very products for the thermosetting plastic industry, I can state that chemists have no problem replacing hazardous additives for better alternatives, as it has been doneÃâà...
KTVA
April 24, 2018
The bill cleared the House Resources Committee two weeks ago, and the Finance Committee first heard the bill for the first time on Saturday afternoon during a four-hour hearing. Deputy Revenue Commissioner Mike Barnhill told the committee paying off all the credits can help rejuvenate work alreadyÃâà...
Alaska Public Radio Network
April 11, 2018
Bill Walker introduced companion bills in the House and Senate this session. Each lays out of a plan for the state to issue bonds to quickly pay down the debt it owes to oil and gas companies. The House Resources committee voted Tuesday morning to pass its version of the bill along to the next committee.
Grand Canyon News
April 10, 2018
Udall served as chairman of the House Interior Committee — now the House Resources Committee — from 1977 to 1991, and after his first election to the House in 1982, McCain joined the committee as a freshman congressman who had only moved to Arizona two years prior. It was then, Sen. Udall andÃâà...
KTOO
April 10, 2018
Bill Walker introduced companion bills in the House and Senate this session. Each lays out of a plan for the state to issue bonds to quickly pay down the debt it owes to oil and gas companies. The House Resources committee voted Tuesday morning to pass its version of the bill along to the next committee.
Must Read Alaska (blog)
April 6, 2018
Given that this bill directly relates to oil and gas resources and the increase in tax is a factor in decisions relating to production and exploration, it is truly odd that there was not a referral to the House Resources committee. Very disappointed in another crack at increasing the tax when so few audits haveÃâà...
Must Read Alaska (blog)
April 5, 2018
Rep. Andy Josephson, one half of the chairmanship of House Resources Committee, let it slip Wednesday that the 2018 legislative session will go beyond its 90-day limit and as far as 120 days. Since he has that extra time, his committee will roll out new oil taxes that Democrats have been working on. Rep.
KTVA
April 4, 2018
On Wednesday, Revenue Commissioner Sheldon Fisher explained the plan to the House Resources committee. “What this allows is that these companies can clean up their balance sheet,” Fisher said. “They can get a clean audit because they don't have outstanding debt at that point, and then they canÃâà...
Anchorage Daily News
March 26, 2018
The House Resources Committee, meanwhile, hasn't held any hearings on the bill, which Josephson attributed to a debate within his own majority caucus about whether to move it forward. He said the legislation will be heard for its first time next week, but hesitated when asked if his caucus wouldÃâà...
Claims Journal
March 23, 2018
Alaska resident Fabienne Peter-Contesse told a House Resources committee last month that his family in 2010 had to fix their oil tank after they discovered a cork-sized hole in the bottom of it. “We've spent tens of thousands of dollars on this effort. Cleanup, hiring the contractor,” Peter-Contesse said.
Kenai Peninsula Online
March 22, 2018
In a House Resources Committee hearing on Feb. 16, Nikiski resident and Cool Cache Farms owner Wayne Floyd testified in favor of the amendment reducing liability for farms offering tours. More people are interested in visiting farms and participating in harvests, and the bill would change Alaska statuteÃâà...
KTUU.com
March 21, 2018
Alaska's Energy Desk reported Tuesday that depending on the size of the spill, everything from hiring contractors to buying cleanup supplies and even calling the state to report the spill can be billed. Alaska resident Fabienne Peter-Contesse told a House Resources committee last month that his family inÃâà...
Alaskajournal.com
March 21, 2018
House Resources Committee co-chair Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage, said during a Majority Coalition press briefing that House Bill 288, which would raise the minimum production tax, could be part of a package of legislation to settle end-of-session negotiations with the Republican Senate.
Alaska Public Radio Network
March 20, 2018
Peter-Contesse told a House Resources committee last month that as soon as they discovered the leak, the family immediately called the state's Department of Environmental Conservation for help. A spill expert came out, gave them some advice on what to do and the family started the cleanup.
Alaskajournal.com
February 14, 2018
Legislation to increase penalties for fuel and oil spills is on the move in the House. The House Resources Committee sent House Bill 322 to the Finance Committee Feb. 12 for consideration. The bill, drafted primarily by Resources co-chair Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage, would double most penaltiesÃâà...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 1999
10 YEARS AGO. April 21, 2008 — ANCHORAGE — Old billing records show ties between convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and U.S. Rep. Don Young, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Anchorage Daily News said in Sunday editions that records from two of Abramoff's firms show that his team of lobbyistsÃâà...
