Governor targets oil taxes, federal ‘war’
from the Anchorage Daily News: Gov. Sean Parnell used his first State of the State speech Wednesday night to criticize the federal government and defend his proposals for oil company tax breaks and a big new college scholarship program based on grades rather than need.
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Anchorage Democratic Sen. Hollis French, who also is running for governor, said the state is at a crossroads with high energy costs and he didn’t see the needed urgency in Parnell’s speech. He said he found the governor “almost dismissive” of efforts to build a smaller in-state natural gas pipeline to bring North Slope gas to the Railbelt, which many legislators see as a backup if the pipeline to the Lower 48 doesn’t come through.
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