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September 3, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
August 8, 2006Dermot Cole: Consultant says House bill would force state to pay BP repairs
August 7, 2006On Mayor Whitaker
August 7, 2006Gas line thoughts
August 7, 2006Rep. Eric Croft: Time to stand up for Alaska
August 6, 2006No public vote
August 6, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
August 6, 2006Dermot Cole: Public comments on gas pipeline tend to skip the specifics
August 5, 2006Sign a gas deal
August 5, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
August 5, 2006Dermot Cole: Consultant advises lawmakers to review ’super-critical’ plan
August 3, 2006Bill Walker: All-Alaska gas line in Alaska’s best interests
July 31, 2006Dermot Cole: Irwin, former colleagues find gas line process 'fatally flawed’
July 30, 2006My terms for gas development
July 26, 2006Gov. Frank Murkowski: Time for Alaskans to unite over gas line
July 26, 2006Jim Whitaker: Conflicts of interest should be taken seriously
July 24, 2006Merrick Peirce: Questions arise over gas deal
July 24, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
July 23, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
July 23, 2006Editorial: Anchorage Daily News
July 7, 2006Gas line concerns
July 2, 2006Chuck Logsdon: Professor's criticism of gas pipeline contract is off base
July 2, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
July 1, 2006Our resources
June 30, 2006Value our oil
June 28, 2006Hickel on gas line
June 26, 2006Wait on gas line
June 25, 2006A gas line warning
June 24, 2006No on gas line
June 24, 2006Rich Seifert: Forrest Gump sounds off on stranded gas
June 24, 2006Dermot Cole: State would be better served without a second special session
June 20, 2006An All-Alaska line
June 18, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
June 18, 2006Sen. Hollis French: Alaskans should refuse to bank on false promises
June 17, 2006Sen. Kim Elton: Murkowski is giving up rights Alaskans fought for
June 16, 2006Garry Hutchison: Borough should ask port authority tough questions
June 15, 2006Walter Hickel: Gas contract could create a company-owned state
June 12, 2006Dermot Cole: Campaign season offers opportunity for examining oil taxes
June 10, 2006A bad deal
June 7, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
June 6, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
June 4, 2006Alex Prichard: Transition to alternative energy must be swift, and soon
June 4, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
June 1, 2006Editorial: The Anchorage Daily News
May 31, 2006Stranded gas deal
May 26, 2006The gas steal
May 26, 2006Dermot Cole: Consultant offered different positions on 30-year oil tax freeze
May 26, 2006Sen. Hollis French and Rep. Les Gara: Legislators should heed advisers' council
May 25, 2006Doug Reynolds: Gas line contact is unconstitutional
May 25, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 24, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 22, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 21, 2006Dirk Nelson: Proposed gas contract isn't in Alaska's best interest
May 18, 2006Jeannette James: Private sector should be more involved
May 14, 2006Big Oil's money
May 14, 2006We deserve better
May 14, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 13, 2006Rep. Jay Ramras: Thoughts on oil and gas
May 13, 2006Oil lobbying
May 12, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 11, 2006Dermot Cole: Senate's action on oil taxes holds promise for better solution
May 9, 2006Oil advertising
May 9, 2006Pedro van Meurs: Senate has oil bill right
May 9, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 8, 2006Editorial: The (Kenai) Peninsula Clarion
May 8, 2006Editorial: The Ketchikan Daily News
May 8, 2006Jim Whitaker: Alaska needs a governor it can trust
May 7, 2006Dermot Cole: Legislative committee fails to take the time to study oil tax bill
May 7, 2006Editorial: Anchorage Daily News
May 7, 2006Richard Fineberg: Tariffs handicap independent Slope developers
May 7, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 6, 2006Dermot Cole: Lawmakers should delay oil tax vote
May 5, 2006Dermot Cole: At lower prices, competing oil tax bills draw closer together
May 5, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 4, 2006Profits aren’t bad
May 4, 2006Think about future
May 4, 2006Poor oil companies
May 4, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 3, 2006Mired in oil and ire
May 3, 2006Simple solutions
May 3, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May 2, 2006What's a profit?
April 30, 2006Keep our gas
April 30, 2006Fuel dividends
April 30, 2006Jim Clark: Proposals to gas act are just good housekeeping
April 29, 2006Dermot Cole: Oil tax review should occur more often
April 26, 2006Resist Big Oil
April 25, 2006Dermot Cole: Senate oil tax bill resembles game of ‘split the difference’
April 25, 2006Taxes are near
April 25, 2006Big Oil’s control
April 25, 2006A higher oil tax
April 25, 2006Why all the money?
April 25, 2006Big Oil, the GOP
April 25, 2006What’s a fair tax?
April 24, 2006Build Devil’s Canyon
April 24, 2006No oil tax?
April 24, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 23, 2006Editorial: The Anchorage Daily News
April 23, 2006Governor should put cards on the table in gas line decisions
April 23, 2006Fleeced by Big Oil
April 23, 2006Oil company tactics
April 23, 2006Oil tax ads
April 22, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 20, 2006Oil threats, again
April 19, 2006Editorial: The Anchorage Daily News
April 19, 2006No rubber stamp
April 19, 2006Oil and gas ideas
April 19, 2006Good advice
April 18, 2006Merrick Peirce: Getting a raw deal on oil tax
April 16, 2006Dermot Cole: Anti-tax ads put debatable claims forward as absolute truth
April 16, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 16, 2006Gas line secrecy
April 15, 2006Keep it simple
April 14, 2006Editorial: The (Mat-Su) Frontiersman:
April 14, 2006Eric Britten: Planting for Alaska’s future
April 14, 2006Poor oil companies
April 14, 2006Annoyed at Big Oil
April 13, 2006Big Oil will stay
April 12, 2006BP's baloney
April 12, 2006Jim Sykes: 'No deal' better than bad deal
April 11, 2006Alaska needs them
April 10, 2006Oil and gas contract
April 10, 2006Jomo Stewart: Don't settle for second
April 9, 2006BP's view
April 9, 2006Oil and "stability"
April 9, 2006BP's threats
April 9, 2006Rep. Jay Ramras: Alaskans deserve fair compensation for resources
April 9, 2006Dermot Cole: In growing oil tax debate, Alaska also needs 'fiscal certainty'
April 7, 2006Now or never?
April 6, 2006Oil and gas
April 6, 2006Editorial wrong
April 6, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 4, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 4, 2006U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens: Right climate needed for gas pipeline
April 3, 2006Editorial: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 3, 2006Mark Sharp: Don't make mistakes on oil tax
April 2, 2006Rep. Ralph Samuels: Balance is the word in House tax debate
April 2, 2006Gov. Frank Murkowski: State can't tax its way to gas pipeline
March 31, 2006Jim Plaquet: Don't place tax on our future
March 28, 2006Dermot Cole: Speculation on investment climate helps shape oil tax debate
March 28, 2006Oil company profits
March 27, 2006Kohring off base
March 23, 2006Honest politics
March 23, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
March 21, 2006ConocoPhillips ads
March 20, 2006Response to Lori Backes column
March 19, 2006Lori Backes: Does oil money buy influence in the Legislature?
March 19, 2006Dermot Cole: State taxes help shape investment plans, but to what extent?
March 18, 2006Gov's oil plan good
March 17, 2006Do it ourselves
March 15, 2006Governor and oil taxes
March 13, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
March 7, 2006Doug Reynolds: The governor's oil tax plan needs a little improvement
March 6, 2006Jim Clark: Legislature must not jeopardize the gas line
March 5, 2006Dermot Cole: Lawmakers need to see how gas pipeline deal links to oil tax
March 3, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
March 1, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 26, 2006Gov. Frank Murkowski: Alaska's oil tax structure must stand on its own
February 25, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 24, 2006Editorial: (Kenai) Peninsula Clarion
January 27, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 14, 2006Editorial: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
November 30, 2005Dermot Cole: Constitutional section on tax power linked to gas line debate
October 28, 2005Dermot Cole: Resignations to spur debate on need for gas line incentives