Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) Mpnday issued the following statements after the Department of the Interior (Interior) repealed a rule the Biden administration imposed in 2024 as it sought to halt future development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nov. 12, 2025 — Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) released the following statement following House Republicans passing a funding bill to reopen the government: “Tonight, the House took decisive action to reopen the federal government and ensure that essential services and paychecks are restored to hardworking federal employees, many of whom continued to serve […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) Sunday released the following statement after voting to advance legislation to reopen and fund the government, as he has done 14 previous times since the end of September. Senate Democrats have, until tonight, prevented the Senate from reaching the 60 votes necessary to advance legislation. Tonight’s vote was the first […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Department of Military & Veterans Affairs annual Veterans Day ceremony, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11 in the Alaska National Guard armory on JBER, has been canceled due to a lapse in appropriations and inability to host public events on base resulting from the government shutdown. Maj. Gen. […]