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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial: Thumbs up: After a week in limbo after the scheduled end of the legislative session in Juneau, the Alaska Senate unanimously passed House Bill 105, which would allow for the refocusing [...]

By Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com JUNEAU — After a week of being put off and delayed, the Interior Energy Project bill passed the Senate unanimously on Sunday morning, signaling that legislators thought they were ready to [...]

Associated Press JUNEAU -- The Alaska Senate has passed legislation that would authorize financing for a gas project to serve Interior Alaska. The bill, which Gov. Bill Walker has called a must-have, passed unanimously on [...]

By Amanda Bohman abohman@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — One of the creators of the Interior Gas Utility will join the board of directors. Nadine Winters has served on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly as well as [...]

Two versions: House passes gas project, AIDEA bonding; Senate Resources just gas By Kristen Nelson, Petroleum News Two versions of a bill to promote natural gas for the Fairbanks area moved in the Alaska Legislature April [...]

By Elwood Brehmer Editor's note: This story has been updated from the version published in the printed version of the Journal to accurately reflect changes in the status of the legislation. The Interior Energy Project [...]

The House Finance Committee reversed course Monday on a natural gas project for Fairbanks, reworking amendments by Anchorage Rep. Mike Hawker that had drawn heavy fire from Fairbanks officials and the administration of Alaska Gov. Bill [...]

By Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com JUNEAU — Frightened by Cook Inlet gas shortages and worried by government interference in the marketplace, a lawmaker from a community that heats with energy half the cost of the Interior [...]