It's the biggest, coldest, most natural resource rich state in the country. It may be our last frontier. And its the only place in the country where they have no sales or income taxes. Why aren't there more people headed to Alaska?http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 2:10:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43125/economy-may-tank-palins-30b-pipeline.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA sour economy and tumbling oil prices might sink Sarah Palin’s oft-touted Alaskan natural-gas pipeline, the Wall Street Journal reports. Low prices and increased natural-gas production in the lower 48 are causing energy companies to reconsider the $30 billion project. Without the revenue-generating pipeline, Alaskans who depend on the state’s dividend checks might soon actually be paying taxes themselves.http://www.newser.com/story/43125/economy-may-tank-palins-30b-pipeline.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Nov 2008 13:39:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40285/palin-cant-keep-beluga-off-endangered-list.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe beluga whales living in Alaska’s Cook Inlet were declared an endangered species yesterday over Sarah Palin’s vehement objections, the New York Times reports. The beluga population was cut almost in half during the late '90s, and hasn’t recovered despite a wave of new protections. But Palin campaigned hard against declaring them endangered, because it might restrict coastal oil and gas development.http://www.newser.com/story/40285/palin-cant-keep-beluga-off-endangered-list.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:56:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39878/deputy-warned-palins-about-troopergate.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTodd Palin and other aides were warned by state police officials that their push to have a state trooper fired could come back to haunt them, CNN reports. Deputy commissioner of public safety John Glass told a persistent Palin that the trooper had already been disciplined and "discomfort and embarrassment for the governor" could ensue if he refused to cease and desist.http://www.newser.com/story/39878/deputy-warned-palins-about-troopergate.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 14 Oct 2008 3:02:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39594/palins-piled-on-pressure-for-troopers-firing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSarah Palin, her husband and officials from the governor's office made dozens of phone calls to Palin's public safety commissioner and his aides denouncing state trooper Mike Wooten, the New York Times reports. Walt Monegan, whose firing Palin claims was unrelated to the matter, says the governor and her husband appeared obsessed with bouncing Palin's former brother-in-law off the force.http://www.newser.com/story/39594/palins-piled-on-pressure-for-troopers-firing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 10 Oct 2008 0:40:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39494/todd-palin-i-did-try-to-have-trooper-fired.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTodd Palin tried to convince several Alaska officials to support firing a trooper who was divorcing his sister-in-law, reports the Anchorage Daily News . But in a sworn statement, he denies interfering with his wife's job as governor and says he played no role in the firing of a safety commissioner who refused to ax the trooper. The governor and commissioner had a history of bad blood, including an erroneous complaint from the official that his wife failed to place their infant in a safety seat, said Palin.http://www.newser.com/story/39494/todd-palin-i-did-try-to-have-trooper-fired.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 09 Oct 2008 0:13:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39023/judge-refuses-to-block-troopergate-probe.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn Alaska judge has refused to halt the Troopergate probe, declaring it a "legitimate" investigation, despite a Republican lawsuit against it, reports the Anchorage Daily News . The judge upheld subpoenas against Sarah Palin's husband and several aides. Five Republican state legislators had filed a lawsuit claiming that the investigation into the firing of a state commissioner was tainted by partisanship and was being used to damage Palin's election chances.http://www.newser.com/story/39023/judge-refuses-to-block-troopergate-probe.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 23:18:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38851/palin-out-of-loop-on-state-defense-air-force.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSarah Palin doesn't get a phone call when US jets are scrambled to intercept Russian bombers off Alaska—despite her hints to the contrary, a NORAD spokesman told the New York Daily News yesterday. "She doesn't have any role," said the major. "The commander does not call the governor." Palin told Katie Couric last week that her foreign policy experience includes keeping an eye on the Russians.http://www.newser.com/story/38851/palin-out-of-loop-on-state-defense-air-force.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 01 Oct 2008 2:51:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38453/palin-grabbed-25k-in-gifts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSarah Palin accepted gifts totaling over $25,000 during her 20 months as governor of Alaska, the Washington Post reports. The gifts to Palin, who made a crackdown on gift-giving a central plank of her reform agenda, included expensive artwork and free travel for a family member. Donors included industry execs and a cultural center whose board includes powerful mining industry officials.http://www.newser.com/story/38453/palin-grabbed-25k-in-gifts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 26 Sep 2008 2:41:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37606/arctic-ice-at-2nd-smallest-level.html?refid=rss_all_defaultArctic sea ice shrunk to its second-lowest size this summer, up 10% from last year's record, reports Reuters. The melting may not appear as noteworthy as that of 2007, said one research scientist, but the season's conditions prove otherwise. Last year's mix of warm air and favorable winds shifted the ice, prodding the melt; this year was cooler and lacked winds, "yet we still came pretty close to the record," said Walt Meier.http://www.newser.com/story/37606/arctic-ice-at-2nd-smallest-level.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 17 Sep 2008 11:52:42 CDT