Alaska, New Mexico and other states that benefited most from the nation’s energy boom may soon need to patch holes in their budgets due to a 45% dive in U.S. crude prices this year and spending plans built on much higher prices. Revenue from oil taxes and state leases have been at risk for weeks as oil prices slid on fears that economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak would dent global demand. Then on Monday, oil had its biggest one-day drop since 1991, as Saudi Arabia and Russia pledged to pump full bore to regain share lost to U.S. shale producers. U.S. crude futures sank on Monday as low as $27.34 a barrel, far below […]