$248 Million in State Funds Leverages Nearly $2 Billion in Federal Dollars for Alaska’s Infrastructure Juneau, AK – Tuesday, the Alaska State Senate approved Senate Bill 214, the Fiscal Year 2027 Capital Budget. This budget includes a prudent spending plan that allocates a total of $248 million from Unrestricted General Funds (UGF) and unlocks […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) last week released the following statement on H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill: “This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate. “My goal throughout the reconciliation process has been to make a bad bill better for Alaska, and in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Last week, Congressman Nick Begich released the following statement after the final passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Today, Congress finalized one of the most consequential legislative efforts in decades by passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. For Alaska, this is a transformative victory. This bill solidifies Alaska’s position as […]
A provision of the budget law that President Donald Trump signed last week will leave taxpayers to “pick up the tab for the private jet industry and billionaire high flyers.” The Republican budget measure that U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law late last week contains a provision that analysts say will allow private jet owners to […]