ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker applauded Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan Wednesday for introducing legislation that would allow a road to be built between King Cove and Cold Bay. Titled the “King Cove Road Land Exchange Act”, the bill would facilitate a land exchange between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the State […]
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has taken the first step in scrapping President Barack Obama’s healthcare program. Republicans have made repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, one of their top priorities when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. By a vote of 51-48, the Senate voted early Thursday to approve rules that allow repeal […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker applauded Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan Thursday for introducing legislation to allow limited oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Titled the Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act, the bill would allow for the development of no more than 2,000 surface acres in the 1002 […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Don Young (AK) and Debbie Dingell (MI) Thursday introduced the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2016 to help promote and enhance our nation’s conservation efforts and ensure the long-term health of fish and wildlife throughout the country. The legislation, based on a recommendation from a panel of conservation and business leaders, […]