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Why Alaska is Reconsidering a Texas-Inspired Oil Tax Cut

Hoping to spur the kind of oil boom seen recently in states like Texas and North Dakota, the Alaska Legislature last year voted to cut taxes on oil companies. But some Alaska lawmakers now say that may have been a mistake.

By Dave Fehling, Houston Public Media
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Hoping to spur the kind of oil boom seen recently in states like Texas and North Dakota, the Alaska Legislature last year voted to cut taxes on oil companies. But some Alaska lawmakers now say that may have been a mistake. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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