WASHINGTON, DC — Senator Lisa Murkowski today received a memorable birthday present: Senate Appropriations Committee approval of her amendment requiring that genetically-engineered salmon be labeled if the Food and Drug Administration makes the “wrong-headed” decision to approve it. After Murkowski’s lengthy defense and explanation of the need for her amendment and the risks posed […]
Anchorage – Today, Representative Les Gara (D, Anchorage) called on four major oil companies to stop misleading Alaska voters. “When you spend over $8 million to dishonor voters by blitzing them with false information, it’s a reflection you have a weak case,” Gara said of the television and radio ads paid for by BP, ExxonMobil, […]
California man, 41-year-old Isidro Garcia, has been charged with one felony count of forcible rape, three felony counts of lewd acts on a minor, and one felony count of kidnapping to commit a sexual offense after being arrested during a traffic stop on Wednesday. His arrest on those charges came after the daughter of his former […]
Authorities have released documents pertaining to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, including notes that Tsarnaev jotted down while hiding in a boat in Watertown as the massive manhunt took place all around him. Court documents were filed by United States attorney’s office on Wednesday that included those notes. Tsarnaev you wrote while in hiding, “I’m jealous […]