Gasline Jobs, Better Schools Top Governor's Agenda Administration Advances Gas Project. Gov. Knowles took another step toward getting Alaska's estimated 35 trillion cubic feet of North Slope natural gas reserves to market with the release of a report on the competitiveness of the Alaska project.
Federal government needs to change the corporate income tax applicable to the project.
Barebones Capital Budget Emphasizes Jobs. Governor Promotes Southeast Timber Transition. Gov. Knowles Sunday participated in activities marking an agreement between the federal government and Ketchikan Pulp Co., that keeps sawmills open at least three years and reaffirms environmental clean-up of the mill site. The agreement was negotiated between KPC's parent and the feds. Knowles urged the industry to turn its attention to higher value-added processing.