Lisa Murkowski

Murkowski says Justice Department shouldn't have sued over two Sullivans

Murkowski tells AFN fuel prices are wrong and ties them to the Iran war

AFN weighs late resolutions on permitting bill's historic review title and census plan

Energy official says Alaska tribal projects draw about half of $125 million federal selection

“It is wrong that fuel prices are so high”

Justice Pate tells AFN he knows of no Alaska Native judge since Roy Madsen

USDA asks fishermen for fuel cost data for $8 billion relief program, sets no payment

Military test used HAARP and Cold Bay receivers to detect aircraft beyond the horizon

“better understanding the, the gaps that we have in our surveillance is, is what is, is going to, to have to be a priority for us.”

Houston plans a door-to-door income survey to qualify for an $850,000 fire station grant

Bill to give Southcentral Foundation downtown Anchorage clubhouse land reaches president

“This transfer would allow Southcentral Foundation to continue providing services through the Quyana Clubhouse and enable SCF to finance capital improvements on the property to expand outpatient programming.”

Federal money would cover 96% of Wasilla's $20 million runway extension, staff says

Murkowski joins bipartisan call for Trump to reverse decision allowing Russian diesel imports

Wasilla airport commission backs buying at least 11 parcels for longer runway

UAA gets $725,000 for nursing simulation equipment at rural campus sites

Navy commissions USS Ted Stevens in Whittier

“He hired the first female floor assistant in the United States Senate, and Captain Hayes is now the first woman to command this class of ship.”

Kodiak Assembly member says Navy would back grid funding bid tied to Spruce Cape project

Senate committee advances five-year renewal of federal program mapping Alaska's geology

“It's a big deal in, in my state when we see the very significant gaps in geologic data.”

Murkowski cosponsors Senate resolution marking Filipino American History Month

Murkowski cosponsors bill letting housing builders use industry certifications to prove materials are US-made

“I'm committed to using every federal resource available to make building homes in Alaska more streamlined and affordable across the board”

Cordova science center gets NOAA grant to rebuild Prince William Sound ocean profiler

Senate vote to advance data center utility cost bill fails 57-43

Senate stalls congressional stock trading bill on party-line vote

Senate confirms Sonderling as labor secretary, 47-41

“so that we don't have to go through this scramble every year wondering if our workforce is going to be able to meet the salmon runs.”

Senate leaders release bipartisan permitting overhaul that would change NEPA reviews

“so good”

Murkowski cosponsors bill to write newborn and postpartum supply kit program into law

“The time immediately after childbirth is an especially vulnerable time for mothers and their newborns.”

Murkowski-backed bill extending ALS treatment access programs for five years passes Congress

“For those living with ALS, every day matters. They cannot afford disruptions in research, treatment access, and support,”

Senate sends Anchorage Quyana Clubhouse land transfer to president

“This legislation will give Southcentral Foundation the tools to expand the facility and its services, including intensive outpatient programming, so it can continue meeting the needs of Alaska Native people for generations to come.”

Murkowski votes no as Senate blocks Israel human rights request

Lee objection blocks Murkowski-Merkley bill on presidential memorials

“giving very little context or content about either to Congress or the public”

Senate passes national college NIL bill 77-22, with Murkowski voting yes and Sullivan not voting

Murkowski bill would modify and continue Snettisham's exemption from federal hydropower licensing

FDA to pay Alaska $540,768 for state food safety inspections

“our DEC performs food safety inspection, permitting, and enforcement work under contract for FDA and has for many years”

Federal report puts Alaska's maternal death rate above the national rate but warns the count is small

“We have to do a better job as we're addressing maternal mortality issues and ensuring that our Native communities are adequately represented in the data that helps inform.”

FDA nominee Overton commits to Alaska food inspections and salmon labeling but not mifepristone access

“You have effectively taken about 80% of our state and put them in a really challenging— excuse me, 80% of the communities in the state and put them in a very challenging position in terms of access to providers”

Murkowski cosponsors bill to keep Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainians in the US

Senate Indian Affairs Committee advances Native housing rewrite to full Senate

“In Alaska, we routinely hear about overcrowding, extraordinarily high construction costs, homelessness, and difficulties that communities face in providing housing for teachers, healthcare workers, law enforcement officers, and other essential workers who are making a little too much to qualify for some assistance programs”

Federal rules leave some village homes out of water projects

“that are still relying on honey buckets, haul wagons, and this again is public safety, public health when you don't have clean water and clean wastewater systems”

Alaska's universities fall outside parts of an advancing college sports bill

Murkowski's bill would extend a rural maternity program Alaska never used

“Whether you’re in Napakiak or New York City, every mother and child deserves access to quality care, and the programs implemented through this bill will help bring us closer to that goal.”

U.S. signs Greenland security pact; Murkowski says she is encouraged

“I’m encouraged that our nations have reached a breakthrough that respects Greenlandic self-determination and the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark while strengthening our shared security in the Arctic.”

Alaska's three-judge court has been short since 2022; Reardon would fill the last seat

“he is ready to hit the ground running as a U.S. District Court judge”

Murkowski cosponsors Senate resolution backing Russian democracy advocates

Unalaska student wins national naval history award for Angoon bombardment project

House subcommittee hears testimony on conveying 21,578 Denali acres to Doyon

Alaska ended childhood liver cancer, and Washington noticed

The Senate questions Alaska's nominee for a long-empty federal judgeship

“The District of Alaska has not been fully constituted as a court since 2022, so we are pleased to be able to fill this remaining vacancy.”

Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

The Senate blocked federal crypto rules. Alaska already wrote its own

The program mapping Alaska's subsurface runs out at the end of the year

Senate panel will take up Native housing bill co-sponsored by both Alaska senators

Ketchikan council to vote Thursday on $30,000 landslide grant