JUNEAU, Alaska — House Bill 39, known as the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children’s Bill of Rights, by Rep. Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, passed the House of Representatives in a 40-0 vote Tuesday. The legislation addresses language acquisition, parental choice and appropriate accommodation in public schools. Parents select the most suitable method of communication […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced H.R. 7129, the Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen America’s water power technologies and modernize federal research efforts critical to grid reliability, energy security, and innovation. “Hydropower has long been a proven part of America’s baseload energy mix,” said Congressman […]
Lunday: “One of the first [options] that I want [my team] to present…is for homeporting up to four icebreakers in Alaska.” WASHINGTON— Thursday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, convened a hearing examining the Coast Guard’s presence in the Arctic, where he received confirmation […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is now accepting appropriations requests from Alaskans for programmatic funding and Congressionally Direct Spending (CDS) in Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) through the next month. The appropriations request portal on her website opened on January 26, 2026, and will remain open until February 27, 2026, at 11:59 PM AKST. […]