“We are taking on the big-money interests who have an army of lobbyists trying to defeat Medicare for All.” Documents obtained by the Washington Post Monday showed that lobbyists helped three state lawmakers draft op-eds this year attacking Medicare for All, a revelation Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted as further evidence that the healthcare industry is “terrified” of the push […]
Trump “can huff and puff all he wants: this pipeline isn’t getting built” President Donald Trump issued on Friday a new presidential permit to allow for the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. “This is a ridiculous attempt by Trump to skirt due process to benefit an oil corporation,” said 350.org executive director […]
WASHINGTON – Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced two major, bipartisan bills to address violence against Native women, children, and Tribal law enforcement: the Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act (NYTOPA) and the Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act (Justice for Native Survivors). […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether Ryan Zinke lied to Interior Department investigators. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Justice Department’s public integrity section had begun the probe of the interior secretary, who left office Wednesday. Zinke told the Associated Press that he had not lied to the investigators looking into possible […]
(Vancouver, B.C.) — Two years after the B.C. Auditor General called for sweeping reforms to mine compliance, enforcement and reclamation bonding, the B.C. government is quietly soliciting comments on watered-down reclamation security policy recommendations with little outreach and a tight deadline of November 8. There are numerous deeply informed reports calling for clear changes, so […]
A mixture of young and veteran Alaska firefighters left BLM Alaska Fire Service facilities at Fort Wainwright Friday morning to help with the busy fire season in the Lower 48. Three emergency firefighter crews from Upper Kalskag, Selawik and Noorvik plus the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanook Fire Crew were handed two sack lunches and boarded […]
A Montana woman was seriously injured in a pedestrian-Semi incident on Monday on the Denali Highway according to trooper reports. Troopers responded to the scene at 5:15 pm on Monday to find that 24-year-old Montana resident Amalia Laughlin had been parked alongside the highway at mile 124 with her dog out of the car. When […]
72-year-old Roland Maw, who was at one time Governor Bill Walker’s nominee to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, was reported to have been originally charged with 17 counts that include theft and unsworn falsifications regarding six years of Permanent Fund distributions and Commercial Fishing applications, it was revealed in Juneau on Wednesday. Maw, a resident of […]
