Mineral Law

In my latest column for State Tax Notes, I discuss several tax-related bills that were introduced during the most recent Alaska legislative session, which ended on May 17. Of the session, I not...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/state-specific-issues/alaska/the-alaska-legislatures-push-pull-on-taxes/

In my most recent column for State Tax Notes, I look at the numbers in the Alaska Department of Revenue’s (DOR) spring 2023 revenue forecast, which the governor and Legislature rely on for bu...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/oil-gas/things-heat-up-in-juneau/

In my last column I talked about a coming shift in the analysis the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission will use when it considers retaliation cases brought by the Secretary of Labor...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/mining/wait-what-a-potentially-dangerous-development-in-%C2%A7-105c-retaliation-cases/

Let me tell you about an experience I had with a Labor Department lawyer earlier this month. It was one of those experiences that made me realize how important it is for those of us in the mining...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/mining/we-have-to-know-what-were-doing-because-they-dont-always-get-it/

In my most recent column for State Tax Notes, I look at the numbers in the Alaska Department of Revenue’s (DOR) 2022 Fall Revenue Sources Book, which tabulates historical revenues and provid...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/state-specific-issues/alaska/bracing-for-another-budget-debate/

In my most recent column for State Tax Notes, I look at several bills that did and didn’t pass in the latest session of the Alaska State Legislature, which adjourned in May, and at what may b...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/state-specific-issues/alaska/tax-actions-by-the-alaska-legislature-in-2022/

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced a new initiative to strengthen enforcement of its current respirable crystalline silica standard...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/regulation/msha-announces-new-initiative-to-enforce-silica-dust-standards/

In my latest column for State Tax Notes, I outline the impacts rising oil prices are having on the Alaska economy and the state’s citizens, the accomplishments and tasks ahead of the Legislatur...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/tax-policy/alaska-gets-a-boost-from-oil/

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued a notice of proposed amendments to the regulations regarding surface coal mining in Title 11 of the Alaska Administrative Code (AAC). T...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/mining/alaska-proposes-new-surface-coal-mining-regulations/

In my latest column for State Tax Notes, I outline several bills to increase taxes introduced during the 2021 sessions of the Legislature, and discuss the status of the government’s repayment o...

https://www.minerallawblog.com/tax-policy/2021-alaska-legislative-sessions-run-from-frenzy-to-fizzle/