JUNEAU – Tuesday, the House passed House Bill 57: Communication Devices in Public Schools, on a vote of 34-6. HB 57 requires that school districts create policies restricting the possession and use of cellphones to improve the learning environment of Alaskan schools. “There’s overwhelming data that cell phone access and social media consumed nearly constantly […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – – Congressman Nick Begich (AK-AL) and Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) introduced the Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act, bipartisan legislation to enhance federal research into the underlying causes of youth suicide. The legislation amends the Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act to expand the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) focus areas, adding critical research into the […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a domestic program focused on detecting and warning about volcanic threats. Their bill – cosponsored by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) – will enable the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to continue to improve its volcano […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), introduced legislation as part of a comprehensive legislative package to roll back disastrous Biden-era electric vehicle (EV) mandates. The Freedom to Haul Act safeguards the trucking industry from impractical and costly mandates by preventing the implementation of the Biden Environmental Protection […]