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Feb 02 2019

Sen. Lisa Murkowski hosted an Arctic round-table in the Senate Energy Committee room on Jan. 24, 2019. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

Calls for ‘vigilance’ on Russian military buildup in Arctic

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Arctic, Federal Government, Military, Nation & World, National News, Oceans

Moscow has been building its military presence in the Arctic, and one Russia scholar says she’s grown increasingly concerned. While Russia’s Arctic ambitions worry regional experts, so do the lack of ambitions on the part of the United States.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | February 2, 2019 2:50 pm

Jan 22 2019

Harbor seals gather on a spit of land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge near Cold Bay, Alaska. For six decades, the refuge along the coast of the Bering Sea has been protected as one of the wildest nature spots on Earth.

Trump’s swap of ‘irreplaceable’ wilderness allows millions of dollars in seafood transport

By Jane Kay, Reveal | Aleutians, Economy, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Reveal, Transportation

A road through a national refuge in Alaska is meant to be for medical evacuations. But a little-known loophole lets it move fish, not just patients.

By Jane Kay, Reveal | January 22, 2019 1:55 pm

Jan 17 2019

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young in 2014. (Photo by Jennifer Canfield/KTOO)

Alaska officials call on court to uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Crime & Courts, Family, Federal Government, Government, National News, State Government

Alaska’s attorney general and two of the state’s congressional lawmakers are calling on a federal appeals court to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act. A U.S. district court judge struck the law down in October.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | January 17, 2019 6:37 pm

Jan 17 2019

This line of garbage extends all the way around the shore of the Navotas neighborhood in Manila.

An island crusader takes on the big brands behind plastic waste

By Christopher Joyce, NPR News | Nation & World, NPR News, Oceans

Every year, 8 million tons of plastic wash into the oceans. The biggest sources are in Asia. In the Philippines, one man is going head-to-head with multinational corporations to stop the plastic tide.

By Christopher Joyce, NPR News | January 17, 2019 2:52 pm

Jan 12 2019

A functioning government or border security? Murkowski wants both.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Federal Government, National News

“I’ve got a lot of people who are saying ‘Lisa, you’ve got to stand with the president. …'” Murkowski said on the Senate floor. “And then I have an equal number that are saying, ‘Please, please, do something to help reopen this government.'”

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | January 12, 2019 11:57 am

Dec 22 2018

Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service's office in charge of vetting applications for tax-exempt status focused on conservative groups. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

How the IRS was gutted

By Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica | Federal Government, National News

An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That’s good news for corporations and the wealthy.

By Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica | December 22, 2018 11:24 am

Dec 22 2018

United States Capitol Building in Washington, DC. (Creative Commons photo by David Maiolo)

Updated: No end in sight to shutdown as senate goes home for Christmas

By Jessica Taylor, Susan Davis, and Tamara Keith NPR News | Federal Government, NPR News

The partial government shutdown won’t end before Dec. 27. Negotiations continue, but President Trump maintains that any bill has to include money for his wall, a demand Democrats still reject.

By Jessica Taylor, Susan Davis, and Tamara Keith NPR News | December 22, 2018 10:59 am

Dec 19 2018

Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill Closer To Becoming Law After Senate Approval

By Ayesha Rascoe, NPR News | NPR News

The Senate voted in favor of legislation that would reduce sentences for some drug crimes and offer training programs for prisoners.

By Ayesha Rascoe, NPR News | December 19, 2018 5:25 pm

Nov 05 2018

Candidates for Alaska Lt. Governor: Republican Kevin Meyer (left) and Democrat Debra Call.

Meyer, Call bring different backgrounds as lieutenant governor candidates

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Education, Election Coverage, Energy & Mining, Interior, National News, Politics, Southcentral, State Government

Republican candidate Kevin Meyer received some criticism over the weekend for saying in June that all students should know English before they attend school.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | November 5, 2018 7:38 pm

Oct 28 2018

Oregon State University oceanographer Jack Barth deploys a glider that will spend weeks at sea collecting data on everything from dissolved oxygen levels to temperature. "When we used to think about hypoxia in the ocean, we think about little areas. But now what we're looking at is...out in the ocean, there's low oxygen...all along the coast," he says. (Photo by Kristian Foden-Vencil/NPR)

Coastal pacific oxygen levels now plummet once a year

By Kristian Foden-Vencil, NPR | Climate Change, Fisheries, Northwest, NPR News, Oceans

The hypoxia season hits Oregon, Washington and California waters in the summer and can last from a few days to a couple of months. Some years it only affects a few square miles of ocean; other years it’s thousands of square miles.

By Kristian Foden-Vencil, NPR | October 28, 2018 1:51 pm

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Calls for ‘vigilance’ on Russian military buildup in Arctic

Trump’s swap of ‘irreplaceable’ wilderness allows millions of dollars in seafood transport

Alaska officials call on court to uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

An island crusader takes on the big brands behind plastic waste

A functioning government or border security? Murkowski wants both.

How the IRS was gutted

Updated: No end in sight to shutdown as senate goes home for Christmas

Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill Closer To Becoming Law After Senate Approval

Meyer, Call bring different backgrounds as lieutenant governor candidates

Coastal pacific oxygen levels now plummet once a year

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