Debate and Common Ground Audience Members Listen During a Candidate Forum for U.S

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GOOD MORNING Debate and common ground Audience members listen during a candidate forum for U.S. Senate The weather. Republican Partly cloudy skies candidates today. No rain is Joe Miller, Mead expected. Treadwell and High today...... 72 Dan Sullivan Low tonight...... 49 at the Carlson Center on Sunrise: 5:11 a.m. Wednesday. Sunset: 11:39 p.m. ERIN CORNELIUSSEN/ Weather » A9 NEWS-MINER

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Three in running for GOP spot in Senate race By Matt Buxton drilling, mining and federal [email protected] permitting were the focus of a Duckie forum hosted Wednesday by the The three men vying for the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of results GOP ticket and the chance to Commerce between GOP Sen- Golden Days race face off against Democratic U.S. ate contenders Joe Miller, Dan winners list is in. Sen. Mark Begich have a whole Sullivan and Mead Treadwell. INTERIOR lot in common when it comes to resource development. GOP DEBATE » A7 Page A4 Namely, they all dislike federal overreach, President Barack Dan Sullivan, left, and • • • Obama and the Environmen- Mead Treadwell, center, tal Protection Agency and will listen while Joe Miller strive to unlock Alaska’s natural speaks during a candidate resources for harvest if voters forum on Wednesday. ERIN send them to Congress. Resource development, oil CORNELIUSSEN/NEWS-MINER

Second hand Oil tax system vote: What will come next? Used-A-Bit planning By Matt Buxton looks like. There are dire warn- exploring the question of “What if at the high oil prices the oil compa- to close up shop. [email protected] ings of state income taxes, raided the repeal passes?” nies say it needs to invest, the need INTERIOR state savings and a deserted North to open up the North Slope to inde- According to Public Policy Poll- Page A2 Slope. pendents and explore incentives ing, 16 percent of primary voters These opposing and often-con- Political reality for producing new forms of oil, but don’t yet know how they’ll vote tradictory pictures likely aren’t before any of that can happen there • • • on Measure 1, the primary ballot giving that 16 percent of voters of the repeal will be a general election. measure that will either keep or much clarity about what a “Yes” or Yes, if Measure 1 passes, it Many of the lawmakers who fair food throw out Alaska’s new oil tax sys- “No” vote will mean. will reinstate the Sarah Palin- voted to pass Senate Bill 21 in It can be messy, but tem. The News-Miner has explored championed Alaska’s Clear and 2013 will be up on this fall’s bal- Equitable Share regime, but even always worth a try. The sides fighting over that 16 a variety of issues relating to lot, up against a slate of mostly percent (according to the same Measure 1 during the past week the most ardent supporters of that green challengers and a handful of KRIS CAPPS poll, they’re currently tied at 42 — including oil production, pol- future agree that ACES will need veterans. Page A3 percent) have painted a grim pic- itics, jobs and state revenue — tweaking. ture of what the other side’s future and today, in the final story, we’re There’s been talk of capping taxes OIL TAXES » A7 • • •

Sourdough Jack: “I’ll tell ya what’s gonna happen Bail agreement rejected for father of trooper shooting suspect next. I’m gonna By Sam Friedman Nathanial Kan- under the proposed arrangement. serious charges that are at stake have me some [email protected] gas, is accused of Cannon asked Superior Court and given the defendant’s history killing the troop- Judge Paul Lyle not to be overly of assaultive conduct,” he said. pie and digest A Fairbanks judge rejected an ers and is charged influenced by the nine uniformed Among his examples for why all this info.” arrangement today that would with first-degree Alaska State Troopers who were in Kangas shouldn’t be released to have released until his trial the murder. the audience at the court hearing, a part-time custodian he brought father of the man accused of kill- At a bail hearing one of the largest displays of police up Kangas’ past demeanor in the ing two Alaska State Troopers. Wednesday, Kan- force in a court hearing since Kan- courtroom including ignoring a Arvin Kangas is charged with gas’ attorney Jim A. Kangas gas’ initial court appearance. court order not speak to his son evidence tampering and other Cannon asked for Lyle said he was not satisfied by saying “I love you” to him at charges in the May 1 incident that Arvin to be released to his older with Alvin Kangas as a custodian, past court hearings. Unlike past left troopers Sgt. Scott Johnson brother, Alvin Kangas, pending tri- although he said he might approve a hearings, Kangas didn’t speak at and Trooper Gabe Rich dead in al. Alvin has a clean criminal record custodian who would agree to mind Wednesday’s hearing. the village of Tanana. He’s accused and a furnace repair business in Arvin Kangas for 24 hours per day. Contact staff writer Sam Friedman of moving weapons under the bod- Fairbanks. He would have left Arvin “This proposal is not sufficient at 459-7545. Follow him on Twitter: ies of the slain troopers. His son, at his home when he went to work, to keep the public safe given the @FDNMcrime.

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