Thursday, April 26, 2012

Parnell pulls oil taxes off legislative agenda

Anchorage Daily News
By LISA DEMER

JUNEAU -- In an abrupt reversal that astonished legislators, Gov. Sean Parnell said Wednesday evening that he was abandoning his top priority for the special session -- big oil tax cuts -- because he saw no hope of getting a bill through the Legislature. 

His decision came on the eighth day of the 30-day session and leaves only a bill for a natural gas pipeline, a priority of House Speaker Mike Chenault, on the legislative agenda. Lawmakers already passed one bill in the special session related to sex trafficking.

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