ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-Judge Eric Aarseth, of the Superior Court in Anchorage, ruled on Monday, on a 2009 case, that the State of Alaska was not required to give public notice before issuing exploratory permits for the Pebble project site, nor was it required to study the potential impacts of the activities at that site.
With winter rapidly approaching, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich wrote on Monday to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki to remind the administration of the need to reduce homelessness among Alaska’s veterans and suggest ways the VA can act to help.
In an effort to make it easier for Alaskans and other Americans to exercise their right to bear arms on federal lands, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is cosponsoring legislation to make gun regulations consistent across all federal recreational lands.
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Murkowski Friday challenged the Department of Education’s waiver process for states to opt out of some provisions of the “No Child Left Behind Act†– reminding the administration they do not have the authority to do so, unilaterally. “I’m disappointed that President Obama’s solution to his predecessor’s top-down, one-size-fits-all policy is […]