This Day in Alaska History-January 14th, 1869
6 Federal Prosecutors Resign as Trump DOJ Pushes for Investigation Into Renee Good’s Wife
“We had whistles,” Becca Good said after her wife’s killing. “They had guns.” A top prosecutor in the US attorney’s office in Minnesota who for years oversaw a major fraud investigation in the state was among six federal prosecutors who resigned Tuesday as the Trump administration demanded they investigate Becca Good, the widow of the Minneapolis resident […]
Congressman Begich Votes to Pass Affordable HOMES Act to Lower Housing Costs in Alaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) voted to pass H.R. 5184, the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards (HOMES) Act, legislation that lowers housing costs by eliminating duplicative federal regulations that have driven up the price of manufactured housing – one of the most important sources of affordable homes in Alaska and across the country. “Alaska is facing a […]
Murkowski Releases Statement on Investigation into Fed Chair
Washington, DC — Following the launch of a Department of Justice investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement: “After speaking with Chair Powell this morning, it’s clear the administration’s investigation is nothing more than an attempt at coercion. If the Department of Justice believes an investigation into […]