Juneau – Education is Alaska’s best investment and the members of the Alaska Independent Democratic Coalition adamantly object to a proposal to reduce public education funding by over 18 percent. The House Finance Budget Subcommittee for the Department of Education and Early Development approved the FY 2016 budget proposal Tuesday night despite the objections of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski Wednesday told former Acting Director of the Indian Health Service, Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, that she would not support a nomination for her to resume running the federal department that has consistently failed to deliver on the most basic federal trust obligations for America’s First People. Though the Obama Administration […]
Juneau – Wednesday, Representative Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage) filed legislation to eliminate session per diem for days a legislator is not in Juneau. “In our current fiscal climate, legislators need to tighten their belts just as much as the rest of the state,” said Rep. Drummond. House Bill 111 – “An Act relating to the policy […]
Anchorage, AK – Wednesday, during his address to the Alaska Federation of Natives Board Retreat in Kotzebue, Alaskan Congressman Don Young called into question the Obama Administration’s many actions and proposals that take away the rights of Alaskans to responsibly develop their land for their social and economic well-being, as written in the Alaska Native Settlement […]