[dropcap]A[/dropcap]NCHORAGE-Today, Senator-elect Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) and Representative Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) have pre-filed legislation in their respective bodies to extend the State Suicide Prevention Council to June 30, 2027. Without legislative action the Council is set to terminate this year. In August 2018, Legislative Audit conducted a review of the State Suicide Prevention Council and […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]uneau – Today, Representative Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) pre-filed legislation that supports the health of Alaskan women and their families by providing greater access to reproductive health care and prescription contraceptives. House Bill 21 requires health care insurers, including Medicaid services, to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives and medical services necessary for those products or […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young was sworn-in to serve his 24th term as Congressman for All Alaska. “I’m honored to have been chosen by the people of Alaska to continue representing them in the 116th Congress. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional leaders are scheduled to meet late Friday morning at the White House to discuss how to end the government shutdown that has entered its third week. The meeting comes a day after a new group of lawmakers was sworn into office in what is now a Democratically […]
