Murkowski Votes to Protect Veteran Health Care and Jobs, Support...
Senator Lisa Murkowski cast her vote today for the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, a bill featuring several benefits for Alaska’s military community,...
View ArticleYoung Proposes More Equitable Solution for Wetlands Mitigation
In an effort to create a more equitable and commonsense wetlands mitigation process, Alaska Congressman Don Young recently introduced legislation to expand compensatory mitigation options as they...
View ArticleMurkowski, Sullivan Examine Federal Requirements Hindering Alaska Energy...
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today hosted a joint Senate oversight hearing in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley to examine the effects of the federal government’s regulatory...
View ArticleRepsol Exploration and Production USA Inc. settles with EPA for Clean Water...
Repsol E&P USA, Inc. agreed to pay a penalty for alleged Clean Water Act violations at an oil exploration well pad on the North Slope, Alaska. According to a settlement announced on August 26 by...
View ArticleSenate Energy Committee Considers Two Bills Promoting Hydropower in Alaska
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski held a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on legislation to expand the generation of affordable energy from renewable hydropower in Alaska....
View ArticleYoung Responds to President’s Keystone Rejection
“The President’s own State Department said this project would have little to no impact on the environment, yet they chose to kill this project to score political points with the anti-fossil fuel...
View ArticleLifting Export Ban Shows America’s Strength as Energy Superpower
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted her efforts to lift the outdated ban on domestic crude oil exports as the Senate considers the omnibus budget bill that includes a provision to...
View ArticleRidgeline Terrace 70 new units eases housing crunch in Anchorage
An affordable and energy-efficient housing complex accommodating 70 families in the Mountain View neighborhood of East Anchorage opens today. Ridgeline Terrace is the biggest project Alaska Housing...
View Article$32 Million in EPA funds help Northwest and Alaska tribes protect...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $32 million in funding for the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) capacity building grants to tribes and tribal consortia in...
View ArticleCongressman Young Squares Off Before House Committee Over Essential Air...
Standing up for Alaska’s unique aviation interests, today Congressman Don Young squared off before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on proposed legislation to reform the aviation...
View ArticleYoung Secures Alaskan Changes to FAA Reauthorization for Essential Air...
After squaring off before the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee yesterday on legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, today Alaska Congressman Don Young...
View ArticleSen. Murkowski Applauds Energy Efficiency Leadership of Rural Communities in...
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded 64 rural communities for being recognized as “Community Efficiency Champions” by the Department of Energy’s Remote Alaska Communities Energy...
View ArticleMurkowski Applauds Energy Efficiency Leadership of Rural Communities in Alaska
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded 64 rural communities for being recognized as “Community Efficiency Champions” by the Department of Energy’s Remote Alaska Communities Energy...
View ArticleMore than 40,000 Alaskans participate in Home Energy Rebate Program
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) today announces the closure of the waitlist to new participants in the Home Energy Rebate program. The closure of the waitlist is effective at 5 p.m. on...
View ArticleHome Energy Rebate Program to be suspended effective March 25, 2016
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) today announces the closure of the waitlist to new participants in the Home Energy Rebate program. The closure of the waitlist is effective at 5 p.m. on...
View ArticleMurkowski Stresses Need for Deep Water Port in the Arctic
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pressed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jo-Ellen Darcy, on the need for a deep water port in the Arctic region. During an Energy and Water...
View ArticleSen. Murkowski Highlights Benefits of Alaska Resource Production
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, held a field hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in Fairbanks to examine opportunities to create jobs and strengthen national security by...
View ArticleMurkowski Slams Interior for Wasting Time, Money on King Cove Study
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Department of the Interior for wasting more than $100,000 on a study of “non-road alternatives” that will not adequately provide emergency...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Protect Constitutional Balance of Power
The Alaska House of Representatives today voted to close a loophole in the process for accepting additional funds for items in the budget when the legislature is not in session, protecting Alaska’s...
View ArticleHouse Passes Bill to Address Rural Clean Water
Rural Alaska’s widespread lack of modern and robust water and sewer infrastructure stands to get a thorough review following the Alaska House’s passage of a bill by Rep. Neal Foster to create an...
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