Anchorage Assembly Repeals Sidewalk Sitting Ban, Mayor Plans to Veto

On a 6-5 vote on Tuesday night the Anchorage Assembly voted and repealed the Anchorage law that made it illegal to sit on the sidewalks.

On a 6-5 vote on Tuesday night the Anchorage Assembly voted and repealed the Anchorage law that made it illegal to sit on the sidewalks.

Alaska senior senator, Lisa Murkowski issued statements upon the release of the 2013 Interior Appropriations Bill today.

President Obama spoke before the United Nations General Assembly this morning in New York. He began and ended his speech speaking of Chris Stevens, Ambassador to Libya, who was killed in the recent violence at the embassy in that country.

On Saturday, the United States Senate confirmed the nomination of Kevin Washburn for the position of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior.