This week, it was Sen. Dan Sullivan’s turn to host a state-themed lunch for Republican senators. Naturally, they watched Katmai Bear Cam.
Federal Government
Emails raise questions about Interior Secretary Zinke’s link with oil executive
Congressional Democrats and a public watchdog group are calling for an ethics investigation into the secretary over a land deal between the Zinke family and oil and gas company Halliburton.
What they mean when they say ‘immigration problem’
A day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop separating families caught crossing the southern border, members of Congress are scrambling to figure out what to do with subsequent families who make the journey to the United States.
In Alaska, family separations evoke past trauma
A survivor of a BIA boarding school for Alaska Natives says the separation of children at the border is reminiscent of her own experiences. The context is different: but the traumatic effects are arguably similar.
Trump’s executive order on family separation: What it does and doesn’t do
The president ended a policy that sent children to government-run facilities away from their parents, but critics say he created new problems, and kids already held may be there indefinitely.
Alaska senators veer apart on family separations
The separation of families detained at the southern border is dividing Republicans as they try to keep the scenes of despair from becoming a GOP public relations disaster. Alaska’s two senators have staked out distant positions, at least for the short term.
Walker asks Trump administration to protect people with pre-existing conditions
Walker has been working with a bipartisan governors’ group over the past year on health care issues.
Murkowski zeroes in on Trump admin to stop splitting families at border
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is calling on the Trump administration to stop separating children from their parents when families are caught crossing the southern border.
DHS chief confronted with ProPublica tape of wailing children separated from parents
A reporter turned on the audio recording as Kirstjen Nielsen defended the Trump administration’s immigration policies at a White House briefing.
U.S. Supreme Court will hear Alaskan’s case challenging federal authority again
The issue at the core of the Sturgeon case is a fight over control of rivers in Alaska.