The Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska – A Republican challenger to Gov. Sean Parnell has filed a records request seeking documentation of any conditions on bids as part of a proposed major natural gas pipeline.

Anchorage attorney Bill Walker also wants a better explanation of why Parnell vetoed a bill that would have changed Alaska’s system of taxing oil and gas production.

The best approach for getting gas from the North Slope to market has emerged as a leading issue among the Republican candidates.

The first of two open seasons on competing pipeline projects is set to end weeks before the August party primary. And Walker campaign manager Taylor Bickford said – given the issue’s importance and the role it could play in deciding a nominee – the public needs to know what producers will want from the state.

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