ANCHORAGE – Thursday the U.S. EPA announced that four Alaska Native organizations were awarded $6.7 million in grant funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed through the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. “We’re proud to help Alaska Native communities get the support and resources needed to clean up the legacy […]
“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 […]