Cordova Times.  A University of Alaska Anchorage economics professor is cautioning against state government overspending in fiscal year 2014, saying hold the line at $5.5 billion, based on its petroleum nest egg of about $149 billion.  That's the most recent estimate of the level of general fund spending the state can sustain over the long run, says Scott Goldsmith (NGP Photo), professor emeritus of economics at UAA's Institute of Social and Economic Research.  (See our earlier story.) Calgary Herald.  Progress Energy has awarded a $5-billion natural gas infrastructure project across northern [...]