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Alaska will bring in more than $10 billion in oil revenue during the current fiscal year, as record high oil prices continue to pump money into state coffers.That's a billion dollars more than was projected during the Department of Revenue's...
...why a single exploratory well was drilled on the North Slope last year - and a single well this year, despite record high oil prices. No more waiting to reform our oil tax! But wait, there's more! The operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline...
...But legislators ignored the solutions these delegates worked hard to craft. Instead, lawmakers skated by on record-high oil prices that filled state coffers and managed to get through yet another legislative session while avoiding the state's...
Record-high oil prices will go a long way toward helping the state balance the budget this year, but some lawmakers say the oil industry is not doing...
...for concern. The other reason for the potential layoffs was the state's and city's severe budget crunch. Record-high oil prices came to the rescue this session and the Alaska Legislature ended up boosting education funding. But when funding...
...say oil prices could help open refuge Advocates of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge say record-high oil prices could help their case. But environmental groups and other organizations say the refuge's oil would do little...
...ball economically; the state still faces a budget shortfall in the billions over the next several years despite record-high oil prices. It's clear something must give between the governor and members of the Legislature. Lawmakers must also consider...
...the past two decades, the value of each education dollar has eroded to just 52.7 cents. This past spring, record-high oil prices enabled legislators to invest an additional $82 million in our schools for the 2004-2005 school year. That...
Record-high oil prices will send hundreds of millions to state coffers, but lawmakers and budget analysts are warning against calling new revenues a...
...smiled on this state and the result will be hundreds of millions of unexpected dollars into its lap. Revenue from record-high oil prices likely will close the state's $360 million budget gap and send an additional $500 million to its general fund...