Lisa Murkowski

Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness

Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

Coast Guard extends Anchorage firm's contracts $2.2 million through January

The Tlingit & Haida tribal government opposes opening the Tongass

“It makes it near impossible to be able to provide for what we would determine to be necessary projects.”

NOAA maps out how new tools enter Alaska's fish surveys

Chugachmiut's Sugt'stun language game gets new gameplay footage

A tiny Copper River village corporation is quietly renovating federal courthouses across Tennessee

The federal government wants to lift roadless protections, including in the Tongass

“the forest areas within the Tongass remain fully fully protected through existing laws and through other regulations”

Alaska ferry system awarded more than $410 million in federal funding

“will help realize the vision I had as a lead author of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act”

USDA proposes lifting roadless rule protections on Tongass and Chugach

“It's never been a good fit for us.”

Trump names Kyle Reardon to the Alaska judgeship vacant since 2024

“I am pleased that Kyle Reardon has been nominated to serve as a United States District Judge for Alaska.”

Money for Alaska Native education keeps flowing, but no new competition has opened in nearly two years

“I raised this issue with Secretary McMahon, and I’m pleased she agreed to expedite the obligation of the funds for the Alaska Native Education Program grants that Congress appropriated earlier this year.”

Alaska attorney general says law seating campaign finance commission is likely unconstitutional

Sullivan voted against every Iran war powers resolution this year — a record now drawing outside money before the primary

Sullivan joins a national fight to strip California of its power to set tougher emissions rules

“You've got a little bit of slime. You hose it off. That would be an incidental discharge that would be reportable to the EPA and if you fail to report, you could be subject to civil penalties.”

A hemp-ban delay divides Alaska's senators in the funding bill

Alaska's senators split as Senate confirms Blanche 50-49

“The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration.”

A stopgap pauses a rule that would let appointees veto grants, protecting billions bound for Alaska

“It also pauses OMB from finalizing a controversial proposal that would allow political appointees to halt and veto grants based on partisan ideology rather than merit.”

The Senate failed to advance a national voter photo-ID bill — and Alaska's ID rules are looser than most

“I support voter ID and believe that only U.S. citizens should vote in our elections. But the SAVE America Act goes beyond that and provides no time for proper implementation.”

Senate passes Russia sanctions bill 86-11; Murkowski and Sullivan vote yes

A program that lets people with ALS try experimental treatments just got five more years

“We said, if you're not eligible to participate in clinical trials to access investigational treatments, there's another way here for you.”

Murkowski cosponsors bill to let Coast Guard commandant sign local support deals

“Those FRCs are now built. They're hanging out in other communities because we didn't keep up with the shoreside infrastructure in Seward and Sitka specifically.”

Murkowski cosponsors Senate bill to restore Afghan Temporary Protected Status

Murkowski says she will vote against Blanche for attorney general

“Ultimately, however, I will oppose his nomination.”

New bill from Murkowski would let NOAA identify fish from the DNA they leave in the water

“Without accurate stock assessments, we cannot make the informed, science-based management decisions needed to ensure our fisheries remain sustainable for generations to come”

Murkowski presses Interior on who's paying for Trump's Smithsonian signs

“There is nothing more American than telling our story truthfully.”

Coast Guard asks Homer to accept transfer of cutter support building

“We are seeing a lot on the shipbuilding side and that's necessary. But we all know that those ships don't move around by themselves.”

Senate confirms CDC director; Alaska's vaccine question stays open

“particularly in our Alaska Native communities and with Alaska Native children”

Senate bill co-led by Murkowski targets AI chatbot toys' risks to children

“It is imperative we equip policymakers and America’s families with the knowledge they need to make informed choices about these devices”

Murkowski cosponsors Senate bill to pay providers for breast cancer risk assessments

A rule meant to reveal where 'forever chemicals' are used stays delayed

41.3 million for Alaska Native education is freed up after a month's delay

“Last week, I raised this issue with Secretary McMahon, and I’m pleased she agreed to expedite the obligation of the funds for the Alaska Native Education Program grants that Congress appropriated earlier this year,”

Senate panel advances Crow coal land swap 6-5, rejects four amendments

“probably make it harder for parties to reach the revenue sharing agreement that is required in the base text here”

A decade after a plan promised lower energy costs, Bering Strait villages are still studying the problem

Murkowski and Sullivan vote to advance an African trade bill

Sitka's Coast Guard cutter dock clears review; work set for 2026

“hanging out in other communities because we didn't keep up with the shoreside infrastructure in Seward and Sitka specifically”

Senators move to renew the grants behind rural Alaska's telehealth links

“In rural Alaska, you have to improvise. That's why I'm always interested in innovations that help our communities adapt to the realities on the ground. The ECHO training model has a proven track record of improving health outcomes by helping rural providers access specialized expertise, strengthening the quality of care, increasing provider retention, and reducing the need for patients to travel for specialty care”

A cap on what families pay for child care is going away, with both Alaska senators' votes

Kodiak's spaceport is expanding as the FAA moves to waive its reviews

A sacred Athabascan site stranded inside Denali for 47 years moves closer to return

“I do find it somewhat disheartening to see that what should be a non-controversial measure received a wholly partisan vote.”

The Gulf of Alaska's ocean station was saved. The funding still isn't.

Murkowski moves to shield the offices funding Alaska Native and special education

“I have a large Native population in my state. Alaska Natives are quite concerned about this. There was no Tribal consultation before any transfer was allowed.”

A federal tax break for K-12 teachers may finally reach Alaska's preschool teachers

The water rights Alaska Natives can't claim

“the settlement is nothing more than a piece of paper if we are not actually working to put those dollars in.”

Alaska's senators move to shore up the NSF office that funds most UA research

A sacred site promised in 1978 is being considered by Congress to go to Doyon

Alaska's senators split on Iran war powers, and Murkowski missed the vote

The CDC director vote is waiting on Lisa Murkowski

Blanche brought Alaska $180 million. He may need Murkowski's vote.

“This settlement is great news for Alaska and brings a long-running dispute to a successful conclusion.”

Rural birth and nursing bills clear a Senate panel