In an Ohio courtroom on Friday, Ariel Castro, the man responsible for one of the most notorious kidnapping cases in recent history, skirted the death penalty in a plea agreement that will keep him from having to stand trial for his offenses.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today successfully helped impose constraints on federal spending while increasing the national focus on the changing Arctic through his work on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
WASHINGTON, DC — In an occasionally tense questioning of the National Park Service Director Thursday, Senator Lisa Murkowski convinced Director Jonathan Jarvis in his public comments to revise the agencies guidelines and take steps to allow wild Alaskan salmon and other wild Alaska seafood back on the concession stands of national parks nationwide.