WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), applauded the decision from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to invite Alaska to apply for millions of dollars in grant funding through the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (VCGP) to establish Alaska’s first state-granted cemetery for veterans. This announcement follows […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) announced today that Alaska will receive more than $47 million in grants to invest in critical transportation projects from Western Alaska to Homer and Southeast. These awards, made possible through the Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program as part […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Last week the U.S. Department of Education (ED) notified Alaska Education Commissioner Dr. Deena Bishop that it is dropping its meritless claims against Alaska pertaining to the Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity). “Today marks the end of a saga the Biden-Harris administration started that was a tremendous waste of time and resources. From […]
“For the second straight year, President Biden and the Democrats are poised to sacrifice a significant chunk of one of their biggest accomplishments,” one critic lamented. Economic justice advocates are urging House Democrats to do more to defend Internal Revenue Service funding after leaders of the minority party agreed to Republican draft legislation that would […]