September 30, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker, Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack met this week with members of the Obama administration to request that Alaska remain in the five-year outer-continental shelf plan. Governor Walker and Commissioner Mack also met with the Ambassadors of Japan and Qatar […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Congress faces critical fiscal deadlines at a time of upheaval and uncertainty on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers are returning from a weeklong recess still wondering who will lead the House of Representatives. It has been nearly a month since House Speaker John Boehner announced his departure effective at the end of this month. No […]
Lawmakers in South Carolina’s House of Representatives have approved a measure to remove the Civil War-era Confederate flag from the grounds of the state Capitol in Columbia. The bill passed early Thursday morning by a vote of 94-20 on its third and final reading, after more than 13 hours of contentious debate. Opponents of the […]
South Carolina’s House of Representatives is debating a bill to remove the Civil War-era Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds, where it has flown for more than 50 years. The bill, backed by both Democrats and Republicans, was approved 36 to 3 by the state Senate on Tuesday. During Wednesday’s debate, the House rejected […]
Outrage at the Confederate flag that flies above the South Carolina state capitol continues to grow as crowds gather to protest the flag and demand that it be removed from the grounds. Over a thousand people gathered at the capitol to rally. Chants of “Take it Down!” could be heard throughout the area amid prayers for the […]
A 61-year-old postal worker from Florida, Doug Hughes, is in Capitol police custody after piloting his homemade gyro copter over the nation’s capitol and landing it on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol just after 1 pm on Wednesday. Hughes, who has been planning his flight over a period of months, flew into the restricted airspace, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives and Alaskan Congressman Don Young today passed bicameral legislation to authorize $521.3 billion in national defense spending and $63.7 billion for overseas operations, in addition to providing key reforms to protect Alaskan military operations and service members, prevent military sexual assault and suicide, reaffirm the F-35 basing at […]
The U.S. Capitol building, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress went into evacuation mode briefly on Saturday after a small single engine plane crossed into restricted airspace in Washington D.C. The Capitol entered “AirConRed” at approximately 1:30pm after the pilot of the single-engine Cessna failed to respond to call from air traffic controllers […]