The Alaska Senate passed a resolution Wednesday calling on the federal government to take steps to increase the harvest of sea otters in Southeast Alaska. Senate Joint Resolution 13 is sponsored by Sitka Republican senator Bert Stedman.
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seeks input on Beaufort leasing; proposal still pending
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is beginning work on a lease sale next year in Arctic waters, even though the larger plan for offshore leasing is still a draft proposal.
Hill visits: It’s all about access in Washington D.C.
“March madness” usually means basketball. But a different form strikes Congress every year. This month, like every March, Alaskans were among the thousands of constituents who flood Capitol Hill, aiming to persuade their members of Congress to vote for a bill, take up a cause, or just hear them out.
Landless communities continue fight for land
Representatives of five Southeast Alaska communities continue their fight for recognition under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. But they’re still facing opposition.
Earthquake early warning gets big boost in new federal budget
An earthquake early warning system under development for the West Coast gets a major boost in the new federal budget that President Donald Trump signed into law Friday.
Stormy Daniels shares graphic details about alleged affair with Trump
The adult film star says she was once threatened in a parking lot to stay quiet about her affair with the president.
Why Sullivan voted no on $1.3 trillion federal bill
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan typically votes with the Republican leadership in the Senate. But in the wee hours before a two-week recess, Sullivan voted no on the federal spending bill.
Trump signs spending deal, after threatening veto
After a massive spending bill passed both chambers of Congress one day before a shutdown would occur, the president is threatening a veto because it does not address his immigration priorities.
Feds take key step toward approving another Conoco development in NPR-A
If it goes forward, the project would be ConocoPhillips’s third oil development inside the boundaries of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Federal spending bill does not include Tongass policy riders
A bill to fund the federal government emerged Wednesday night in Congress, and environmental groups are celebrating that it does not include policy riders to advance old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest.