September 30, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker, Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack met this week with members of the Obama administration to request that Alaska remain in the five-year outer-continental shelf plan. Governor Walker and Commissioner Mack also met with the Ambassadors of Japan and Qatar […]
South Korea is reporting that North Korea fired off several short-range projectiles into the sea off of the east coast of North Korea on Monday. Officials in South Korea did not specify what type of projectiles they were however. Other sources say that the projectiles were short-range missiles and say a total of five were […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a case challenging President Barack Obama’s plan to protect more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally in the United States. The president’s executive order was aimed at deferring deportation of parents of American-born children and permanent residents, but […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate last night unanimously passed the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015. In May, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation to combat the multi-billion dollar threat posed by illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. The legislation is the House companion […]