(Juneau, AK) – Thursday morning Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed House Bill 69, an education bill that increases spending by hundreds of millions of dollars without providing for more accountability or policy reforms. The bill would also increase Alaska’s deficit during a time of rapidly decreasing revenues. “For years, I’ve been clear: I support increased education […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) Thursday urged President Donald Trump to reinstate federal workers’ collective bargaining rights after he issued an executive order to end collective bargaining at several federal agencies. The order strips more than 1,000,000 federal workers across the country of […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)Thursday praised an executive order issued by President Donald Trump to strengthen U.S. and Alaska fisheries. As the chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, Sen. Sullivan has been working with the Trump administration and introducing legislation to address challenges facing Alaska’s fishermen, including global trading practices […]
“There is no factual predicate for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act at the southern border or anywhere else in the United States,” said the congressman and constitutional scholar. After being “flooded with messages,” the U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin issued a lengthy Friday statement about mounting rumors that Republican President Donald Trump “may invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 […]