Over 2,300 new construction jobs will be opening up in Interior Alaska as preparations begin to base two squadrons of F-35 at Eielson Air Force Base. Construction is set to begin in 2017, with the arrival of F-35s to begin in 2020. The decision to bring 54 new aircraft to Eielson Air Force base marks […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) praised the Senate’s action to approve the Point Spencer Land Conveyance Act. Murkowski introduced the bicameral legislation with Congressman Don Young (R-AK) in May, to streamline future infrastructure development and potential uses of Point Spencer, Alaska by calling for the conveyance of approximately 2,500 acres of […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation Monday filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Alaskan John Sturgeon, who is suing the National Park Service over being forced off the Nation River for using a hovercraft to hunt moose, something that he had been doing for decades. […]
In a decision announced by the Supreme Court on Thursday, the judges determined that the federal subsidies for Alaska and other states that opted for federally run health care markets were legal. It was determined by a 6-3 vote that it was legal for the 34 states that chose to have the federal government run their […]