A Citizen’s Guide

First: Alaska North Slope crude oil prices keep doing that jagged move upward. The prices for November:

Nov. 1: 92.04

Nov. 2: 94.48

Nov. 5: 92.48

Nov. 6: 95.20

Will oil hit $100 by the end of the special session?

Then: If you stepped into a newly created job this year, chances are good you work for an oil company.

More than a fourth of the 4,000 new jobs created between September 2006 and September 2007 came from the oil and gas industry, according to State economist Dan Robinson. That doesn’t count new jobs related to oil and gas in other fields.

But Robinson wonders whether the job growth comes from new exploration and development projects, which might signal the start of a trend, or from periodic maintenance, which would suggest these are more one time figures.

And Finally: The Governor shakes and bakes.