JUNEAU – Monday evening SB 9 by Senator Robb Myers (R – North Pole) passed the House in a vote of 35 to 5. SB 9 authorizes the use of infant safety devices, also referred to as “baby boxes,” at designated locations within the state. In the past decade and a half, two abandoned […]
Washington, DC—Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, welcomed Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to discuss the agency’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2027. Senator Murkowski impressed upon Administrator Zeldin the importance of Tribal resilience as rural communities face increasingly […]
Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement following her vote on Senate Joint Resolution 163: “Today(Wednesday), the Senate voted on a resolution directing the president to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in Iran, the eighth such resolution on this matter. I voted against the previous seven resolutions because I believed an […]
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan Friday, announced a newly inked collaboration between the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the federal Defense Innovation Unit. The Defense Innovation Unit works with universities and the commercial sector to fast-track the development and production of technology to support the U.S. military. The collaboration with UAF will initially focus on […]