U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK) Friday welcomed a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals upholding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project. The court’s decision both dismissed and rejected claims from Lower 48 environmental groups while reaffirming FERC’s […]
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed allocations of nearly $216 million in fishery disaster funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce. In December, the Secretary of Commerce announced that a number of Alaska’s crab and salmon fisheries met the requirements for disaster determinations in the […]
WASHINGTON – Wednesday, the Hoonah Indian Association was awarded $500,000 from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The program is run by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative. Hoonah Indian Association is one of ten tribes receiving funding totaling nearly $5 million as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity […]
Washington, D.C.–Friday, Representative Peltola announced that she will accompany the First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, on a historic trip to Bethel on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. In the first visit by a First Lady to Bethel, Dr. Biden and Representative Peltola will hold a joint event to highlight major investments made […]