ALASKANOMICS: Today we observe Alaska's unsolved fiscal crisis and conclude that special interest advocates will ultimately create the "lowest common denominator" solution, which may be neither logical nor an answer to the fiscal mismatch between government income and spending.   Follow Alaskanomics for reliable updates!   -dh Nearing end, Legislature rebuffs most of Walker’s deficit plan 2015 State Employment Growth Turned Negative at Year End AJOC EDITORIAL: Money for nothing and the checks for free Alaska LNG outlines issues for next round of resource reports Economic Luncheon Seminar- The Keys [...]

Calgary Herald by Don Braid. Premier Rachel Notley won the support of 97.8 per cent of her party members Saturday. The other 2.2 per cent were said to be hiding in a broom closet at the convention hotel. Notley is respected, admired, even adored in her party. Part of this is circumstance. Any New Democrat who wins in Alberta is bound to be popular with a party that wandered in the wilds for half a century. But the other part, that’s all her. Notley can be fierce and funny in the same sentence. She [...]

Comment:  Just imaging what would happen to free enterprise -- and even national defense activity -- in Alaska if the presumptive Democrat nominee were to become President.    -dh FROM: THE HILL. SIERRA CLUB BACKS CLINTON: The Sierra Club on Thursday endorsed Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Michael Brune, the group's executive director, said in a statement that Clinton "will be the strong environmental champion that we need to lead our country," handing the former secretary of State her second major environmental endorsement of the week. "The Sierra Club, like so [...]

NOTICE TO CANADIAN READERS (This applies to Americans as well): This may be one of the most important calls to action you will have heard this year.  The clock is ticking and the North American way of life is running out of time.  -dh Calgary Herald, by James Wood.  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall came to the heart of the oilpatch Wednesday to warn that the energy industry is under “existential threat” from environmental activists.  ...  In a speech to the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada at the Petroleum [...]

Tom Brennan with his novel, Snowflake Rebellion. NGP photo by Dave Harbour Our friend of the Anchorage Daily Planet, Tom Brennan, balances concerns for Alaska's fiscal challenges with this ray of sunshine: "Good Days Ahead". Summer gas prices forecast to remain stable CBC.ca From gas shortages in Western Canada to a dramatic spike in costs of ... thing that could upset the apple cart is refinery outage or a pipeline outage, ...

Calgary Herald, by Mike Ridewood, Canadian Press.  So much for all the hand-wringing over the fate of TransCanada Corp.’s mega-projects. Investors are looking beyond Keystone XL and Energy East. The company’s stock has been rallying since it announced the $10.2 billion acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. in March, breaking out above rival Enbridge Inc. and beating an index of Canadian energy peers. The deal is letting investors shake off President Barack Obama’s rejection of Keystone XL, TransCanada’s most well-known project, as well as all the hurdles facing the even bigger [...]