7-30-16 Alaska Taxes, Natural Resources, Fiscal Crisis and “Strong, Unfettered Individuals”

The People's Paper OP-Ed by Representative Shelly Hughes (Read full commentary here) Oil prices low? Fiscal challenge? Some see the glass half empty; I see it half full. Now is the time for Alaska’s transition to productivity. Now is the time to realize our potential. We can do this, Alaska! Let’s first consider where we are and how we got here. A few decades ago, that engineering marvel, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, began pumping us to where we are today. We can all be thankful for that. The companies that toiled [...]