Senator Lisa Murkowski 2012 4th of July Message to Alaskans
President Obama Speaks on Health Reform
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act ensures hard-working, middle class families will get the security they deserve and protects every American from the worst insurance company abuses. June 28, 2012.
Begich Questions the USPS on the Skagway Post Office
Allowing more flexible hiring rules to fill vacant positions at the Skagway Post Office was the subject of testimony yesterday at the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, a member of the committee, questioned two nominees to the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) about the need to […]
Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit
Over a six-hour period on June 5-6 2012, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) collected images in many wavelengths of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. These transits occur in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. […]