JUNEAU, AK — Tuesday, the Senate convened the Second Regular Session of the 34th Alaska State Legislature. The Senate will continue to build upon the priorities set out in the last legislative session to strengthen Alaska’s economy. These priorities include supporting and improving our public education, addressing public employee and teacher retirement, updating Alaska’s election […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representatives Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), celebrated the Senate’s recent unanimous passage of S. 3022, the Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize key Environmental Protection Agency […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy announced the appointments of Representative George Rauscher and Representative Cathy Tilton to the Alaska State Senate, filling vacancies created by the resignations of Senator Mike Shower and Senator Shelley Hughes. “I can’t think of two Alaskans more qualified and committed to public service to serve in the Alaska Senate […]
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday advanced bipartisan legislation—introduced by Senators Dan Sullivan and Lissa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) in July—to reauthorize the Young Fishermen’s Development Program. The program, first authorized in law in 2021 for five years, seeks to mitigate the challenges […]