“The Trump administration is trying to roll back decades of critical health and safety regulations that have saved millions of lives and are all that’s standing between us and runaway climate change,” said one campaigner. While U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin boasted Wednesday of canceling billions of dollars worth of green grants, considering […]
“Why do you lie so much about Social Security? To get people to lose faith in the system, and then you can give it over to Wall Street,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders warned late Monday that billionaire Elon Musk’s new call for up to $700 billion in cuts to mandatory federal spending […]
JUNEAU – On Saturday, Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, sent a letter to Alaska’s congressional delegation urging them to take immediate action against recent federal policies that endanger the state’s economy and the well-being of Alaskans. The letter highlights several recent federal decisions that could cost the state billions […]
“This is nothing more than a backdoor benefit cut and an insult to Americans who have paid into the system and earned their Social Security—all to pay for trillions in new tax cuts for the wealthy,” said Democratic Rep. John Larson. The acting leader of the Social Security Administration reportedly instructed managers earlier this week […]