Tomorrow is the eve of Alaska's great year of budget challenge! by Dave Harbour Our friends in Canada are not immune from fiscal challenges.  After all. spending too much may really boil down to 'human nature' issues that, to understand, require us to 'follow the flows of money and power'.   Canada's leaders and Rebecca Logan and a dedicated Alliance staff add perspective to Alaska's fiscal crisis.         Petroleum News.  No easy answer to Alaska's fiscal crisis. environ- mental consti-tuencies are under-mining   eco-   nomic health   with 'Climate Change' [...]

Northern Gas Pipeline Readers Join Us In Commenting On Current State of Affairs From a liberal friend, and our reply.   Petroleum News.   House Finance Co-Chair Mark Neuman (NGP Photo) says if Gov. Bill Walker wants to generate new revenue, part of that solution needs to be removing regulations that could stifle {More....} From Ak-Headlamp:  The New York Times covered Alaska’s ongoing fiscal woes as oil prices continue to fall. ... although other resource-based economies are also seeing the long-term impact of declining oil prices, Alaska’s situation is unique as Governor Bill Walker (NGP [...]

Fiscal crises affect national and local governments -- and the oil patch!  -dh Last week in Anchorage, Caelus Energy Alaska's Executive Vice President, Alaska Operations, Pat Foley (NGP Photo), told members of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance that a stable investment climate had helped encourage his company to make big investments in the state's future.  He then added that because of increased talk about oil taxes and the instability of the state's economy, the company's investment decisions are slowing.  "As we look around today," Foley said, "we are starting to become a little [...]