Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentThe Republican tax bill passed the House on Tuesday,and is expected to also move swiftly through the Senate this week.
There are some hidden elements between budget cuts and tax breaks that are not monetary in nature. One of those provisions is a plan to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, or to oil exploration and drilling.Andrew Kitchenman,Alaska state government and politics reporter at KTOO and Alaska Public Media, says Alaskans are torn on the issue.
Lawmakers in the state possess wanted to open the refuge to develop fossil fuels for decades — but environmental groups possess fought back. He discusses the politics at play in Alaska nowadays on The Takeaway. This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich
Source: thetakeaway.org