Governor Sean Parnell's State of the State Speech (Text) Our Comment:  If the Legislature doesn't improve Alaska's tax structure this year they will threaten an early end to operation of the Trans Alaska oil pipeline and delay gas pipeline progress for at least another year.   (See Patti Eppler's Alaska Dispatch story: Senate Finance Committee co-chairman Bert Stedman said the final report isn't expected until June, two months after the session is over.  Senate President Gary Stevens hedged on the notion of a special session to deal with oil taxes, saying that was the [...]