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Nitewolf Champion Author Anchorage Posts:16,532 Points:2,103,695 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Jan 19, 2013 5:08:51 AM Ignore Nitewolf Report Abuse Pruitt: Parnell's tax proposal 'great starting point' Posted: January 18, 2013 - 5:35pm By MARK D. MILLER JUNEAU EMPIRE House Republicans indicated in a House majority caucus press conference Friday morning that they may make changes to the oil tax reform proposal and fiscal year 2014 budget submitted by Republican Gov. Sean Parnell for the Alaska State Legislature’s consideration. Speaking about the oil production tax bill at the start of the press availability, House Majority Leader Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, said he thinks the majority will “make sure that we do our part and spend the time on it that is necessary.” “We’ll be hearing a lot of conversation, of course, about the governor’s tax bill,” Pruitt said. “I just want to make sure that the public understands we’re going to do Visit Juneau Empire for full article

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Pruitt: Parnell's tax proposal 'great starting point'
Posted: January 18, 2013 - 5:35pm

By MARK D. MILLER
JUNEAU EMPIRE

House Republicans indicated in a House majority caucus press conference Friday morning that they may make changes to the oil tax reform proposal and fiscal year 2014 budget submitted by Republican Gov. Sean Parnell for the Alaska State Legislature’s consideration.

Speaking about the oil production tax bill at the start of the press availability, House Majority Leader Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, said he thinks the majority will “make sure that we do our part and spend the time on it that is necessary.”

“We’ll be hearing a lot of conversation, of course, about the governor’s tax bill,” Pruitt said. “I just want to make sure that the public understands we’re going to do
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