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STATE Fairbanks Daily News-Miner FAIRBANKS - After leaving office more than one year ago, former Gov. Frank Murkowski has traveled the world, built a cabin in Wrangell and traveled some more. In March, he led a delegation to watch democracy in action while Taiwan elected a president.

Murkowski property stirs tax questions

Eric Engman / Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Question of residency: Former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski's rail car home is seen Friday on his property off Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks. In February, the former governor and his wife unsuccessfully applied for a property tax break - one available to residents who live in Fairbanks most of the year - for the property that accommodates no full-time home, only the converted rail car. After being denied, Murkowski told Fairbanks officials the qualifications for the tax break were "unclear."

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