The United States Congress — the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, including Alaska's congressional delegation. Source of federal bills, votes, and committee actions affecting Alaska.
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Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness
The federal Administration for Children and Families awarded the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness $450,000 for a one-year project serving Alaska Native households, built on the Yup'ik Calricaraq healing framework rather than standard case management.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Dan Sullivan endorsed Dan Sullivan over Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race
Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan called himself 'the OG Dan Sullivan' in a Facebook post endorsing the incumbent senator over his same-name challenger from Petersburg.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's senators voted to let a Medicare AI pilot keep running
The U.S. Senate rejected a three-year ACA subsidy extension 51-48 Thursday, nine votes short of the 60 needed. Both Alaska senators voted yes, but subsidies are set to expire Dec. 31, which health advocates project will double premiums for roughly 22 million Americans, with Alaskans especially exposed.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Sullivan backs a contested Trump border judge; Murkowski doesn't vote
Sen. Dan Sullivan voted to confirm Trump judge Arthur "Rob" Jones, a Texas border prosecutor who declined under oath to say Biden won 2020, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski did not vote.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Foreign-visitor park fee survives a House vote, with stakes for Alaska
A U.S. House committee kept a $100 surcharge on foreign visitors to popular national parks, a fee with real stakes for Alaska's tourism-dependent gateway communities.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Sullivan's Bycatch Bill Wades Into Alaska's Hardest Fish Fight
Sen. Sullivan introduced a sweeping trawl bycatch bill amid Western Alaska salmon collapses — though NOAA science attributes the river declines mainly to ocean warming.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read