JUNEAU – Monday, on a unanimous vote, the House passed House Bill 65, a critical piece of legislation that authorizes the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) to issue a total of $135 million in revenue bonds for the replacement and expansion of the passenger dock and terminal facility in Seward, Alaska. Built in 1966, the current […]
Anchorage, AK – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) are honored to recognize February 16th as “Elizabeth Peratrovich Day” through a Senate resolution. The national recognition celebrates the historic Alaska civil rights leader who played an integral role in the Alaska Territorial Legislature’s passage the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945—decades before the signing of the […]
Sen. Sullivan Highlights Escalating Incursions by Adversaries Near Alaska WASHINGTON—Several Arctic policy experts at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) testified strongly last week in support of increasing infrastructure investments in Alaska, which constitutes the entirety of America’s Arctic. While the hearing was focused on Greenland’s geostrategic importance […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Thursday introduced legislation that would officially designate North America’s highest mountain as Denali, the name bestowed by Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans. The bill would require that any reference in U.S. laws, maps, regulations, or other records refer to the mountain as Denali. “In Alaska, it’s Denali,” Senator Murkowski said. “Once you see […]