Alaskan Oil Shipments to South Korea Show Growing U.S. Reach Sheela Tobben, Bloomberg, July 24, 2019 Alaskan oil shipments to South Korea are picking up, in another sign of the growing U.S. influence on the global market.  Two tankers, each able to hold a million barrels of oil, are delivering cargoes this month into Yeosu in South Korea after filling … read more

It’s back: US Interior Dept. signs new land swap deal for King Cove road Liz Ruskin, KTOO, July 23, 2019 The U.S. Interior Department has already signed a new land swap agreement for a King Cove road, days after it gave up its appeal of a court ruling that its prior agreement violated federal law. As with previous agreements, this one calls … read more

By one vote, Alaska House again fails to fix capital budget and reverse sweep James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, July 22, 2019 The Alaska House of Representatives on Monday again failed to approve a fix for the state’s capital budget and the reverse sweep. The 29-7 vote on Senate Bill 2002 was enough to pass the bill but not enough … read more