WARSAW — In his first major public speech in Europe, U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that the values of the West are under attack and questioned whether its people have the will to fight for it. Speaking in Warsaw, Poland, the president said “The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the […]
JUNEAU – Today, the members of the Alaska Senate Democratic caucus sent a letter to Lt. Governor Byron Mallott regarding President Trump’s newly formed “Presidential Commission on Election Inquiry.” This federal commission has issued a demand that flies in the face of the rights afforded to Alaskans by the privacy clause in the Alaska State Constitution. Some […]
ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker today signed into law House Bills 57 and 59, approving the $4.9 billion operating budget bills the legislature passed for fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018), without vetoes. State spending for department operations has been cut $145 million from the previous year, and total state spending on the […]
For months, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, have been pushing the Trump administration to expand the number of foreign guest-worker visas issued to help businesses in their states prepare for their summer peak. The two senators are also considered crucial votes on the health care bill currently floundering in Congress. So career […]