Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young has introduced bipartisan legislation with Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN) to roll-back and further halt onerous constraints on the import and export of lawfully possessed ivory products, including musical instruments, firearms, and museum pieces that include ivory parts. The legislation, the African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act […]
Representative Chris Tuck (D-Anchorage, and House Democratic Leader) joined the Distillers Guild of Alaska Tuesday to celebrate the passage of his House Bill 309. The measure allows Alaska’s small-scale distillers to host on-premises tours, offer tastings of their products, and engage in limited direct sales, as do Alaska’s breweries and wineries. A press conference and […]
After failing to bring enough conservative members of the U.S. House on board, GOP leaders abandoned their $659 million border bill vote on Thursday. With Democrats opposing the bill and a large number of Republicans opposed to sending more fuinds to the White House for the bill, the vote was tabled, House Republicans will meet […]
Alarmed by persistent barriers to voting in Alaska and across the nation, U.S. Senator Mark Begich this week introduced strong legislation to safeguard the voting rights of Alaska Natives and Native Americans. The bill, the Native Voting Rights Act of 2014 (NatiVRA), provides the resources and oversight necessary to ensure that every citizen, regardless of ethnicity or […]