Will Congress put off building an icebreaker to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border?
U.S. President Donald Trump is in a stand-off with Congress. He said he’ll shut down the government if he doesn’t
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Author: Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Alaska reckons with missing data on murdered Indigenous women
Indigenous women and girls are murdered or disappear from American cities in alarming numbers. But no one knows the true
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U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestle how to set Alaska hovercraft case apart from subsistence
Last week, the U.S Supreme Court again heard arguments in a case that pits the mission of the National Park
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Now at U.S. Indian Affairs, Indigenous Alaskan Tara Sweeney applauded at Federation of Natives convention
Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney was welcomed back to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention with loud
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Trump signs Alaska-backed bill targeting plastic trash in Ocean
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill sponsored by Alaska U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan. It’s called Save
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Alaska Republican Party vows response against senator Murkowski for opposing Kavanaugh
The chairman of the Alaska Republican Party has vowed there will be repercussions for Sen. Lisa Murkowski for opposing the
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Alaska senator Murkowski’s office flooded with calls about Brett Kavanaugh
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s getting a record number of calls and emails about Brett Kavanaugh, whose nomination to the
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U.S. Supreme Court: What’s Alaska senator Murkowski’s stance on the allegations against Kavanaugh?
The allegation that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may have sexually assaulted a girl in high school has created
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Why the Alaska Federation of Natives wants senator Murkowski to reject Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court
Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski still isn’t saying how she’ll vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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Alaska wouldn’t be affected by U.S. Supreme Court’s restriction of abortion rights, says anti-abortion lawyer
With the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh pending in the U.S. Senate, many Americans are hoping —
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Former Alaska Attorney General leads U.S. Interior office with focus on Arctic and ‘adaptation’
Former Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes has a new job at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C. Renkes is listed
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Arctic drilling: Alaska employee who flagged environmental review violations claims whistleblower protection
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency that protects whistleblowers, is supporting an Alaska employee who complained the
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Senator Murkowski still hiding her cards after meeting Trump’s Supreme Court pick
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski met Thursday with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. They smiled for the cameras, but Murkowski is
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Alaska Senator Murkowski vocal on climate change, but where’s the action?
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one of the few Republicans in Congress who goes out of her way to talk
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U.S. Congress authorizes six icebreakers in Pentagon bill
The United States’ annual defense policy bill cleared Congress Wednesday with a pay raise for the troops and a provision
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