Senator: We Update Textbooks, Why Not Menus? WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated nutrition standards for public school breakfasts and lunches in Alaska and nationwide for the first time in fifteen years. This is the first step in a series of policy moves. Within months, the USDA plans to implement a […]
January 25, 2012, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell announced today that at least 100 communities across Alaska will participate in “Choose Respect†events on March 29. In 2010, Governor Parnell issued a challenge for Alaskans to stand up and speak out and “Choose Respect†as part of his statewide initiative to end the epidemic […]
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced regret over the decision by the United States to withhold its dues to the agency, saying that reduced funding will affect its ability to implement crucial programmes in education, support for emerging democracies and the fight against extremism.
WASHINGTON D.C.-Alaskan Congressman Don Young spoke on the House floor today in favor ofH.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011. This legislation would allow Americans who have valid state-issued concealed firearm permits or licenses to carry a concealed firearm in any other state that also allows concealed carry. Currently, there is a bureaucratic […]