The first lady’s visit occurred just hours after her husband, President Joe Biden, made a refueling stop in Anchorage aboard Air Force One. Both Bidens stopped in Alaska on their way to the G-7 economic summit in Japan.
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First lady Jill Biden will visit Bethel on Wednesday
Her focus is on the expansion of broadband in the region.
Peltola braces for Supreme Court to undermine Indian Child Welfare Act
Peltola stressed the importance of keeping children with their families or placing them within their tribe.
New USDA program aims to support Indigenous meat processing
$50 million is now available to tribes across the country to support harvesting, processing and packaging Indigenous meats, like salmon, moose and caribou in Alaska.
Murkowski votes to advance Equal Rights Amendment but measure stalls in Senate
Sen. Dan Sullivan voted no. He did not grant an interview to explain why.
Rep. Peltola’s party-bending chief of staff departs
Deputy Chief of Staff Anton McParland will take over Ortiz’s official duties.
Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill
The Supreme Court’s action means that for now at least, the abortion pill will be widely available, at least in those states where abortion is legal for up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy.
USDA announces first-ever grants for Indigenous meat processing
Grant program will include bison, reindeer, moose, elk and salmon.
On trip to Ukraine, Murkowski calls aid ‘worth every penny’
The U.S. has given more than $35 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February of 2022.
The big reason why the US is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions
The EPA is proposing tailpipe emission rules so strict that carmakers would need two-thirds of their sales to be zero-emission by 2032 to comply. And that seems to be precisely the goal.