On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Alaska Senate approved a measure to boost state taxes on oil and gas production. Developers of the Alaska LNG project are pressing lawmakers to pass a tax bill proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week. And a U.S. House Democrat is calling out the Trump administration’s deal to buy a stake in Trilogy Metals, the company trying to develop Alaska’s Ambler mining district.

Photo: The Kobuk River runs through the Ambler Mining District. Trilogy Metals and other mining interests want a new road to connect the mineral-rich area to the Dalton Highway. (Berett Wilber/Alaska Public Media)