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 […]
Continuing a push for an education policy that respects the uniqueness and variety of Alaska’s classrooms, U.S. Senator Mark Begich is urging the State of Alaska to apply for a waiver to the burdensome and broken No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
KODIAK, ALASKA-This Friday evening, just before 8 pm, a De Havilland Otter, tail number N361TT, operated by Paklook Air and flown by 49-year-old James Andie, crashed on a return trip from Old Harbor, where they had dropped off freight and passengers. The crash occurred approximately five minutes out from the airport in Kodiak near Heitman […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security?, and Mark Begich (D-Alaska), also a member of the Subcommittee, Wednesday led a bipartisan group of 27 Senators in sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) urging them […]