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Congress directs Interior Department to hold Cook Inlet lease sale this year
Several previous Cook Inlet lease sales have canceled due to lack of industry interest.
Biden will make Paxlovid, a highly effective COVID drug, available to more pharmacies
The antiviral pill is available to patients older than 12 who have tested positive for COVID and are at risk for developing a severe case of the disease.
For Alaska public defenders, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation was doubly historic
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.
Biden reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act empowering tribes to prosecute non-Native perpetrators
The Violence Against Women Act focuses on domestic violence and sexual assault survivor programs.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, has blazed trails all her life
Biden describes her as a consensus-builder with a “pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people.”
Alaska delegation condemns Putin’s aggression; senators say Biden could do more
Sen. Dan Sullivan said Putin is driven by historical grievances and paranoid about neighboring democracies.
Murkowski talks Supreme Court vacancy, voting rights legislation
Murkowski is up for reelection this November.
Manchin says Build Back Better’s climate measures are risky. That’s not true
For months, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has been watering down the climate provisions in the Build Back Better legislation. But the objections Manchin described to the bill’s climate measures are misleading.
You may soon be able to renew your passport online, instead of sending in documents
A new executive order from President Joe Biden hopes to cut down on the amount of time people spend accessing all kinds of government services.