CAPITOL HILL — Republican lawmakers expressed renewed confidence that they could overhaul America’s health care system after meeting Wednesday with President Donald Trump, who told them to cancel their August recess unless former President Barack Obama’s health care law, known as Obamacare, was dismantled. “We should not leave town unless we have a health insurance plan,” […]
Juneau – Wednesday, the Alaska House of Representatives formally censured Representative David Eastman (R-Wasilla) for offensive, insulting, and unsubstantiated statements that undermine the dignity of the House. The motion to censure Rep. Eastman was made by Rep. Ivy Spohnholz (D-Anchorage). “It is our duty as legislators to set the highest standards of integrity and ethical […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a rallying cry against the House Freedom Caucus, a powerful group of staunchly conservative Republican lawmakers who are largely responsible for the collapse of efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care law. In a Twitter post on Thursday, Trump called on Republicans to defeat caucus members and Democrats. […]
Juneau – By the overwhelming margin of 33 in favor to 3 opposed, the Alaska House of Representatives Friday passed bipartisan legislation adding an additional mechanism for funding the Alaska Legal Services Corporation (ALSC), safeguarding low-income Alaskans’ access to the civil justice system. House Bill 106 would allow the Alaska State Legislature to appropriate into […]