Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner. One point of tension between the governor and legislators is over the work on an in-state gas pipeline. House Speaker Mike Chenault's HB 369 imposes new deadlines on work now under way in the governor's office to complete preliminary planning and engineering for a possible 24-inch gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska. Bob Swenson, director of the in-state gas team in the governor's office, feels the new deadlines would be difficult to meet. CBC.  Town leaders and business owners in [...]