U.S. Sen. Mark Begich sent a letter today requesting that U.S. Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell make King Cove, Alaska, a priority on her first trip to Alaska as secretary. Begich made the request as part of his overall response to the Department of Interior’s recent decision to deny residents a life-saving 25-mile road from […]
Following his first meeting as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich took immediate steps to ensure that limited federal resources are used wisely and diligently on essential operations and programs.
U.S. Senator Mark Begich announced today the hiring of Heather Handyside as his new press secretary. Handyside will be based in his Anchorage, Alaska office.
While pleased with the clear confirmation to allow pipeline construction to safely and economically carry offshore oil and gas from the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today remained disappointed with the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) final decision on a development plan for the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), citing dismissal of local […]