Across the country, some states are struggling to pay their employees and make ends meet because of the pandemic. And in Alaska, as leaders look for ways to keep the state financially afloat, a proposal has come up to raise taxes to the oil industry. And as the fate of this proposal heads to the polls in just over a week, POLITICO’s Kelsey Tamborrino reports that a multi-million dollar brawl is heating up. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Kelsey Tamborrino is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.