The lower chamber of the United States Congress — 435 members apportioned by state population, two-year terms. Originates revenue bills, holds the power of impeachment, and shares legislative authority with the Senate. Alaska's at-large representative is Nick Begich (R).
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JD Vance
“But thanks to Dan Sullivan, thanks to Nick Begich, and thanks to President Donald J. Trump, Alaska is finally rebuilding energy again.”Vice President JD Vance Holds Midterm Rally In Fairbanks, Alaska · Oct 5, 2026
JD Vance
“That's why he has fought tirelessly to open up ANWR and advance drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve.”Vice President JD Vance Holds Midterm Rally In Fairbanks, Alaska · Oct 5, 2026
JD Vance
“With this project, ladies and gentlemen, the Trump administration will help develop more than 200 miles of new transmission line, lowering costs and strengthening grid reliability for 75% of the population of this state. It's amazing.”Vice President JD Vance Holds Midterm Rally In Fairbanks, Alaska · Oct 5, 2026
JD Vance
“today We're taking another major step towards making that promise of energy dominance a reality, which is why I am especially excited to announce the Alaska Rail Belt Transmission Project, which is going to devote $400 million to building out your state's power grid. And we got it because of Dan.”Vice President JD Vance Holds Midterm Rally In Fairbanks, Alaska · Oct 5, 2026
Annette Bryan
“With this trust sitting the way that it's currently being invested, it's really not functional. It's not doing anything. We're grateful for it, and it, it has served a purpose in the past, but right now we don't even pay the salary for the trust board to function. So we really need to bring this in-house.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs: Legislative Hearing · Sep 17, 2026
Leticia Fernández
“Representative Randall's legislation would amend the Tribe Settlement Act. It would give the tribe the authority to withdraw and manage their trust fund account under a secretarial approved plan, just like other federally recognized tribes can.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs: Legislative Hearing · Sep 17, 2026
Who's spending for and against Begich and Hill in Alaska's U.S. House race
Outside spending in Alaska's U.S. House race: Club for Growth Action, Wheel Dog PAC, HMP, Your Community PAC and others for or against Nick Begich and Bill Hill.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago3 min read
Trump urges Alaskans to reelect Begich in video attacking Hill
President Donald Trump released a video Saturday urging Alaskans to reelect Rep. Nick Begich on Nov. 3. He credited Begich on tax cuts and Alaska LNG and attacked independent challenger Bill Hill.
by Alaska News2d ago2 min read
House passes water bill naming Alaska harbor, flood and water projects; Senate still has to act
Water Resources Development Act 2026: House passes WRDA with Alaska projects in Kodiak, Juneau and Sitka; Senate version adds Nome port and rural sanitation funding.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Congress weighs $500 million in tribal water money Alaska can't reach
A $500 million tribal water settlement before Congress highlights a federal funding mechanism Alaska Native tribes are largely locked out of.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
House subcommittee hears testimony on conveying 21,578 Denali acres to Doyon
A House subcommittee heard testimony on conveying the Geese House site, 21,578 acres in Denali National Preserve, to Doyon 48 years after it selected the land.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
A House committee cited Alaska while advancing a drilling bill for elsewhere
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a split-estate drilling permit bill covering about 4 million acres in five states, not including Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
House committee advances bill treating hatchery fish as wild under Endangered Species Act
The House Natural Resources Committee voted 21-17 to advance a bill requiring agencies to consider hatchery populations alongside wild ones in ESA Section 7 consultations.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
House passes Begich bill to open treaty talks with Japan over Alaska Native handicrafts made with bird parts
The House passed the Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act, which directs the U.S. to negotiate with Japan over Alaska Native handicraft rules.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
A bill would guarantee vehicle access for the village inside Gates of the Arctic
Rep. Nick Begich's bill would require the Interior secretary to let Anaktuvuk Pass residents use snowmachines and off-road vehicles for subsistence hunting.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
A fight over whether North Slope oil money stays local or goes to the whole state
Alaska's larger share of North Slope oil revenue under the 2025 federal law is narrower than advertised, and a fight has broken out over whether that money should keep flowing to North Slope communities or to statewide accounts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago7 min read
Begich endorses Wilson for governor, calls on other Republicans to drop out
U.S. Rep. Nick Begich endorsed Bernadette Wilson in the Alaska governor's race and urged remaining Republican candidates to withdraw and consolidate behind her.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Hill runs second in Alaska's unofficial U.S. House primary count
Independent Bill Hill finished second at 30.9% in Alaska's Aug. 18 top-four US House primary and advanced to the Nov. 3 ranked-choice general election against Rep. Nick Begich III. The count remains unofficial.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Begich holds front-runner's edge as Hill emerges from the field to challenge him
Rep. Nick Begich III leads Alaska's U.S. House race in fundraising and independent polling as independent Bill Hill consolidates the challenger field ahead of the Aug. 18 primary.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Begich bill would make Alaska trawlers carry salmon excluder gear
Rep. Nick Begich introduced a bill requiring Alaska trawlers to carry salmon excluder and seafloor-contact gear, mirroring Sen. Sullivan's, amid a fight over Chinook bycatch.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Alaska science runs on NSF money, and the money has slowed
NSF grant awards are down 55 percent from 2024 levels, lawmakers said at a House hearing — a concern in Alaska, where Arctic research and a new $160 million innovation engine depend on NSF funding.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read
House panel advances bill to let Alaska Native artists sell work with feathers
A House committee advanced Rep. Nick Begich's bill letting Alaska Native artists legally sell handicrafts containing migratory bird feathers, named for artist Archie Cavanaugh.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
The program mapping Alaska's unknown ground expires this year
Bipartisan House bills would reauthorize the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, which has nearly doubled Alaska's public subsurface geologic data since 2019, through 2031.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read
Alaska has the most earthquakes. The program that watches them expired in 2023.
A House committee voted to reauthorize the federal earthquake program, expired since 2023, along with a geothermal bill aimed at cutting diesel dependence in remote Alaska communities.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2mo ago2 min read
A permitting bill could open the federal fast lane to Alaska projects
A bipartisan bill would lower the FAST-41 permitting threshold from $200 million to $50 million, opening federal fast-track review to far more Alaska infrastructure projects.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read
A cattle parasite Alaska will never see could still cost Alaskans
A House subcommittee heard testimony on the SAFE Cattle Act, which would coordinate federal screwworm response — a cattle threat that reaches Alaska through beef prices.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read
The sea lions in Congress's salmon bill breed in Southeast Alaska
A House subcommittee heard competing testimony Tuesday on a bill that would let Washington state and tribal co-managers kill more sea lions across the Columbia River and Western Washington. Supporters cited a dramatic drop in steelhead extinction risk at Willamette Falls; a minority scientist warned habitat loss, not predation, is the real problem.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read
Matt Schultz suspends U.S. House campaign, backs Bill Hill
Matt Schultz announced Friday he is suspending his campaign for Alaska's U.S. House seat and endorsing fellow candidate Bill Hill ahead of the Aug. 18 primary.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Begich votes to prohibit separate credit-card codes for gun stores
Alaska's sole U.S. House member Nick Begich voted yes on a bill that passed 221-201 to bar payment networks from assigning merchant category codes specific to firearms retailers, a measure now headed to the Senate.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Permanent daylight time would push Anchorage's winter sunrise past 11 a.m.
The U.S. House passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, a change that would push winter sunrise times an hour later across Alaska and intersects with competing state legislation over which time standard Alaska should keep year-round.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
The federal unit handling Alaska's MMIP cases can't return a family's calls
A Crow Nation professor told a House subcommittee Tuesday that her family has gone 10 months without a response from the federal Missing and Murdered Unit on her niece's 2019 murder, while the primary agent on the case was reassigned and then resigned. BIA's top law enforcement official defended new task force structures and AI tools but acknowledged the unit can always do better.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Begich bill targets illegal foreign fishing that undercuts Alaska fleets
Rep. Nick Begich introduced a House bill Monday to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing worldwide, a direct economic threat to Alaska's commercial salmon, pollock, and crab industries. The measure faces a four-committee referral before it can advance.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 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
A renewed federal fund to fix public lands could land hardest in Alaska
A U.S. House committee advanced the Great American Outdoors Act 250, renewing a public-lands repair fund — with outsized stakes for Alaska's federal parks and forests.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
A record year for federal research-fraud enforcement — and Alaska's stake in it
University of Alaska draws $184.6M in federal research money as the False Claims Act hits record recoveries; Rep. Nick Begich sits on the House panel probing research fraud.
by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago3 min read
The EPA's No. 2 told Alaska's resource industry the door is open — for now
EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi told Alaska's Resource Development Council the agency is rolling back climate and oil-and-gas rules to speed resource development.
by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read
House panel hears bill to move tribal regulatory authority to Interior
A House subcommittee took testimony June 9 on legislation that would transfer a dormant 2000 tribal regulatory reform mandate from Commerce to Interior, 25 years after the authority was supposed to convene.
by Alaska Newsadded 3mo ago2 min read
Begich bill would let the Indian Health Service fund rabies shots and spay/neuter in rural Alaska
Rep. Nick Begich's H.R. 8473 would let the Indian Health Service fund rabies vaccination and spay/neuter in rural Alaska, where rabies is endemic in foxes.
by Alaska Newsadded 3mo ago2 min read
House passes Alaska Native walrus-ivory protection bill
After eight years of advocacy, federal legislation preempting state ivory bans that criminalized legal Alaska Native walrus-ivory handicrafts has passed both chambers and awaits presidential signature, directly affecting rural artists' ability to sell work across state lines.
by Alaska Newsadded 4mo ago2 min read
Begich bill to expand commerce in Alaska sea otter handicrafts gets first congressional hearing
They really otter let them do that
by Alaska News4mo ago2 min read
Alaska fishery disaster funds stalled at OMB despite congressional approval
Federal fishery disaster relief funds approved by Congress in December 2024 remain unreleased, with NOAA officials unable to provide a timeline for when the money will reach Alaska and West Coast fishing families waiting for relief from disasters that occurred up to five years ago.
by Alaska News4mo ago1 min read
A House bill on NOAA workplace safety is built on data from Alaska — where a third of fisheries observers report harassment or assault
A House subcommittee heard testimony on legislation to expand sexual harassment protections for NOAA employees and contractors, including fisheries observers. The bill follows a report that nearly one-third of North Pacific observers experience harassment or assault annually.
by Alaska News4mo ago2 min read
Alaska's filing deadline turned the 2026 election from rumor into a real race
Alaska's 2026 election filing deadline produced a 17-ticket governor's race, crowded federal contests including Mary Peltola's shift to the Senate race, and several competitive state House rematches and open seats.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago3 min read
House panel approves $580 billion transportation bill with rail safety provisions
House committee approves major surface transportation bill with rail safety provisions
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago2 min read
House Republicans examine $24.8M in federal attorney fees to environmental groups
A House subcommittee heard testimony Wednesday on how environmental nonprofits receive millions in taxpayer-funded legal fee awards, with some groups deriving 40% of their funding from litigation settlements.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago4 min read
Begich cites $163M Alaska oil lease sale as proof federal certainty drives investment
U.S. Representative Nick Begich highlighted a National Petroleum Reserve Alaska lease sale that generated over $163 million Thursday, framing it as evidence that federal policy certainty attracts energy investment and connecting Alaska production to national security.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read