Washington, DC – Friday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) in introducing legislation to ensure all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers have designated nursing spaces. The bipartisan, bicameral Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act would ensure all medical centers managed by the VA contain a […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), applauded the decision from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to invite Alaska to apply for millions of dollars in grant funding through the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (VCGP) to establish Alaska’s first state-granted cemetery for veterans. This announcement follows […]
Action follows through on Central Yukon Resource Management Plan recommendation ANCHORAGE, Alaska. The Secretary of the Interior has signed Public Land Order 7952 opening an additional 11.1 million acres of BLM-managed public lands in central Alaska for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veteran Land Allotment Program. With this order, the Department has increased the total […]
Anchorage, AK – Thursday, Senate Bill 154 became law without the governor’s signature. Sponsored by Senator Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, SB 154 establishes a bidder preference for state contracts to support veterans and servicemembers transitioning to civilian employment. With Alaska’s veteran population around 70,000 and an additional 22,000 active-duty personnel, nearly one-third of Alaskans are veterans […]
