WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commended the U.S. Forest Service for administratively enacting language to limit fees on subsistence cabins in the Tongass National Forest that Murkowski originally proposed in the Alaska Subsistence Structure Protection Act of 2013 (S. 736). “It was wrong for the Forest Service to charge subsistence users […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich welcomed details today from the Indian Health Service (IHS) that summarized the number and amount of contract support cost (CSC) payments made to Alaska tribes for delivery of health care to Alaska Natives and a commitment to a quicker resolution to these claims in the future. He also expressed resolve to […]
Friday, March 28, 2014, Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives today unanimously passed a bill by Rep. Paul Seaton to allow greater participation in the wildly popular Permanent Fund Dividend “Pick.Click.Give.†charitable giving program.
Washington, D.C. – On the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Earthquake, Alaskan Congressman Don Young shared a firsthand account of the Good Friday earthquake, in addition to the devastating destruction in communities across the state, improvements to earthquake and tsunami monitoring systems, and the resilience of the Alaskan people.