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Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, June 17.

In today's newsletter:

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that lawmakers said was meant to ensure oil and gas companies are paying their full share of taxes to the Alaska treasury, arguing that the bill would delegate too much authority to a legislative committee.
At least five fires broke out today at Anchorage's Davis Park, where municipal officials carried out a long-planned city abatement of a homeless encampment.
On crowded platforms in Cook Inlet, a small army labors to keep up the extraction of fossil fuels from the state’s oldest producing oil and gas basin.

From around 1909 to 1912, billikens were a brief cultural mania that swept the country. By midcentury, the grinning, pot-bellied figures were largely forgotten — except, as it so happens, in Alaska. Learn more in historian David Reamer's latest column.

Anchorage weather

It's mostly cloudy today with a widespread haze and a high near 62 degrees, and the forecast calls for a chance of scattered rain showers. We'll continue to see hazy conditions for most of this week, before sunny skies on Friday. Daytime temperatures will hover in the low 70s for the next few days.

Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today.

— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com

Dunleavy vetoes legislation clarifying oversight of oil and gas taxes →

The bill would have clarified the role of the legislative auditor, after the auditor reported that the state Department of Revenue has declined to provide information on tax audits.

AFD units respond to multiple fires at Davis Park as city clears homeless encampment →

The city announced last month they would be clearing dozens of residents from the park and an adjacent snow dump in the Mountain View neighborhood. The scene was chaotic as the scheduled abatement got underway.

Offshore in Cook Inlet, a ‘silent economy’ hunts for gas to keep Alaska running →

After a half-century of extraction, the gas is still there. But it’s gotten harder and costlier to produce — and fewer companies are participating in the search. (via the Northern Journal)

Methamphetamine a big contributor to Alaska’s opioid-dominated overdose deaths, report says →

While opioids have been involved in most of Alaska’s drug overdose deaths, another drug is a frequent contributor to those outcomes: methamphetamine. (via Alaska Beacon)

Juneau gets its first-ever ‘severe thunderstorm’ warning from the Weather Service →

Alaska’s capital city averages a single thunderstorm every two years or so. Juneau is known for its rain, less so for any thunder or lightning.

More from the ADN

Passengers of Scammon Bay charter that lost windshield midflight sue airline →

Trump demands ‘unconditional surrender’ from Iran, says U.S. won’t kill supreme leader, ‘at least for now’ →

America’s home health workforce is at risk from Trump’s immigration crackdown →

Work/life balance: Making it real →

Alaska sports notebook: Juneau’s Kai Ciambor named Gatorade Player of the Year for boys soccer and UAA basketball teams continue to build →

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