When she’s sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. She’ll also be the first justice who’s worked as a public defender.
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Former Y-K Delta lawmaker Mary Peltola is running for Alaska’s US House seat
Peltola served in the state House from 1999 until 2009. For the last five years, she’s led the Kuskokwim River Inter Tribal Fish Commission.
Federal judge sentences Delta Junction man who threatened Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan
Johnson was arrested by FBI agents in October after an investigation identified him as the caller who left more than a dozen threatening and profanity-laced voicemails for both senators.
As some question her commitment, Palin says she’s never left Alaska
Few political insiders doubt that Palin will win enough votes in Alaska’s new nonpartisan primary system to finish in the top four, which would advance her to the August general election to finish Young’s term.
At Anchorage conference, ambassadors say they see a more militarized future for the Arctic
Finland’s ambassador said that for the first time in the country’s history, the majority of its citizens support membership in NATO.
Murkowski breaks GOP ranks to confirm Jackson as first Black woman to Supreme Court
Sen. Dan Sullivan, like most Republicans, voted against confirmation.
The Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s high court.
More than 50 Alaska Native tribes support Jackson for Supreme Court
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing for a vote tonight on moving her nomination to the full Senate and hope to get Jackson confirmed before they go on Easter recess this weekend.
New provision of Violence Against Women Act empowers tribal governments to exercise jurisdiction on tribal land
The bill establishes a pilot program for tribes to exercise what’s called special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction.
Federal appeals court reverses decision that blocked King Cove road
The proposed road would stretch 11 miles through a wildlife refuge on the Alaska Peninsula, connecting the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay.