The Alaska House on Monday passed House Joint Resolution 6 calling on the federal Bureau of Land Management to plug and remediate dozens of well sites in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to protect the land, sea and wildlife.
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska State House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation addressing residency issues for the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend and tightening restrictions on allowable absences.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski on Friday met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (AH-bey) and other top Japanese officials to discuss opportunities to send Alaskan natural gas to his country to meet Japan’s growing energy needs.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich criticized Republican and Democratic leaders as well as President Obama last night for a lack of leadership and failure to produce a balanced deficit reduction plan that would prevent the ‘sequestration’, or automatic budget cuts, that are set to go into effect this Friday.