...natural gas producers to build the pipeline. However, he said the state is demanding certain things. Before Gov. Frank Mur-kowski left office last year, his administration had reached a gas pipeline agreement with oil and gas companies, but the state...

...without it. The three major North Slope gas owners already are negotiating as a group with the administration of Gov. Frank Mur-kowski. The Legislature passed a law allowing the executive branch to modify existing tax rules to make a project more...

...the Senate race appears to be close. Murkowski is defending the seat to which she was appointed by her father, Frank Mur-kowski, when he left the Senate to become governor in 2002. Her appointment has spurred accusations of nepotism, an...