WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) highlighted his legislation, H.R. 5131, the Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025, during a legislative hearing on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands. The legislation, included alongside five other bipartisan public lands bills, would extend critical military land withdrawals in Alaska, New Mexico, and California for […]
Washington, DC – Following the failed votes on two proposed continuing resolutions, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement and proposed a framework to avoid a government shutdown: “Today, I voted against two partisan proposals to temporarily fund the government, neither of which had a chance of clearing the 60-vote threshold in the Senate. […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today received an update from senior Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) officials about the status of the Corps’ work on short-, medium-, and long-term solutions to the recurring threat of glacial lake outburst flooding in Juneau, Alaska. Lt. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska –Governor Mike Dunleavy amended his August 29, August Storm disaster declaration to include the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Denali Borough, North Slope Borough, and Yukon Flats Regional Educational Attendance Area. Areas were added to the original disaster declaration after the slow-moving storm caused additional damage across the state, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough declared […]
