ANCHORAGE - Gov. Sarah Palin signed House Bill 3001 on Wednesday, authorizing the state to award an AGIA license allowing TransCanada Alaska to start developing a 1,715-mile natural gas pipeline from a treatment plant at Prudhoe Bay to the Alberta Hub in Canada. The governor signed the bill at the Alaska AFL-CIO's biennial convention.

ANCHORAGE - Gov. Sarah Palin signed legislation on Monday that will help Alaskans combat the high cost of energy. The Governor signed House Bill 4001 and Senate Bill 4002 into law at the home of an Anchorage resident who took advantage of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's Weatherization and Home Energy Rebate Program.