“There will be an additional 6 million newly infected persons in the world,” said the United Nations’ top AIDS prevention official recently. “That has started already.” The U.S. program credited with saving an estimated 26 million lives and preventing millions of new HIV infections has not sufficiently provided a direct benefit to the United States, […]
Washington, DC – Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, voted to advance four bills for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) that contain significant investments for Alaska. The four appropriations bills that passed committee are for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (AG); Military Construction, Veterans […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined her colleagues in a letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought, asking him to faithfully implement the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Full-Year Continuing Resolution Act, and release the funds. The legislation included funding for Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants; 21st Century […]
The bill threatens “emergency alerts that save lives, local journalism that informs communities, and educational tools that support families, job seekers, and teachers,” according to Protect My Public Media. The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate is on the verge of stripping more than a billion dollars from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which could decimate local news […]