‘Uber for icebreakers’ idea gains traction in U.S. Senate
This was the year Congress was finally going to spend some serious money to build an icebreaker. A Senate spending
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Alaska’s US senators veer apart on shutdown votes
In the U.S. Senate Thursday, two bills that would have ended the partial government shutdown failed to get enough votes
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In Congress, Alaskans are split over shutdown
Republicans in Congress remain mostly united behind President Trump and his rejection of legislation to re-open government departments unless it
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Alaska’s senator Murkowski says ‘no’ to building wall on U.S.-Mexico border with military funds
U.S. President Donald Trump has been floating the idea of building a wall using military construction dollars. Sen. Lisa Murkowski
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Alaska’s Murkowski aims to revive public lands bill in U.S. Senate
One of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s first priorities in the Congress that begins Thursday is to pass a 680-page public
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Why Alaska’s US senators oppose a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill
With help from the Trump White House, a criminal justice reform bill is cruising through Congress. The First Step Act
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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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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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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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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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Alaskans set stakes on Senator Murkowski for U.S. Supreme Court nomination
Lisa Murkowski isn’t ready to say yet how she’ll vote on President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. The
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