Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Funding Would Be Both Illegal and Bad for the Health of Thousands of Alaskans Juneau – Today, Representatives Tiffany Zulkosky (D-Bethel), Zack Fields (D-Anchorage), and Ivy Spohnholz (D-Anchorage) released a memorandum from the non-partisan Division of Legal and Research Services confirming that the Governor of Alaska is legally obligated to accept […]
WASHINGTON — Some labor advocates are urging the U.S. federal workforce to call in sick — en masse — to force an end to the ongoing government shutdown. “It would be about getting public attention, and even more important, causing the government to focus on this problem. And hopefully, to delink the payment of wages to […]
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]APITOL HILL — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would accept a deal to at least temporarily reopen the federal government if it contained a “pro-rated down payment” on the U.S.-Mexico border wall he has sought for two years. Trump told reporters at the White House the country had no choice but to build […]
Amicus makes the case for the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act and Congress’s authority–and trust responsibility–to legislate for the benefit of Indian Tribes Urges the Fifth Circuit to overturn lower court’s unprecedented ruling WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) along with U.S. Representatives Karen Bass (D-Calif.), […]