Nearly $14 million of those dollars were awarded to Alaska tribes and tribal organizations.
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The Senate gun bill would close the ‘boyfriend loophole.’ Here’s what that means
Federal law prevents some convicted domestic abusers from owning a gun, depending on their relationship to the victim. The new gun safety bill would expand that definition to include dating partners.
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.
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.
Senate bill would expand power of up to 30 Alaska tribal courts
Tribes in the pilot program would be able to try and sentence anyone who commits domestic violence, rape or related crimes in their villages, even if the offender is non-Native.
Senators offer bill to renew Violence Against Women Act, with a section honoring an Alaska murder victim
Previous efforts to renew the Violence Against Women Act got bogged down in a controversy over guns.
Proposal would give 30 Alaska tribes the power to prosecute violence in villages
Sen. Lisa Murkowski authored the pilot program, which would give 30 Alaska tribes the kind of jurisdiction Lower 48 tribes have over domestic violence and related crimes.
Alaska’s senators want Congress to renew Violence Against Women Act, but bill has become partisan football
The law is an array of programs and policies that Congress first passed in 1994 and has renewed about every five years. But the most recent version has expired,
AG Barr plans visit to rural Alaska
U.S. Attorney General William Barr says he plans to see for himself the hardship crime imposes in rural Alaska.
Young shoves female reporter on way to Violence Against Women Act vote
Congressman Don Young has apologized for shoving a female reporter at the U.S. Capitol Thursday. He was on his way to vote for the Violence Against Women Act.