With all bills set to die at the end of the session on May 20, lawmakers are racing against the clock, and it’s not clear a subsidy for the Alaska LNG project will make it over the finish line.
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U.S. Marine Corps expands Alaska footprint
The Marines announced a new reserve detachment at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and a rotating force to support Marines who arrive for joint military exercises. No troop numbers were announced.
Alaska Senate-passed bill seeks to assert ‘right to repair’ for consumer electronics
Senate Bill 111, known as the Consumer Digital Right to Repair Act, would require electronics manufacturers to provide parts, documentation and tools to Alaskans looking to fix broken products.
Alaska Legislature asks federal government for more flexibility on rural health funding
Legislators say restrictions on how and when Rural Health Transformation Program funding can be used present problems for Alaska.
House panel boosts maintenance, pulls West Su and Cascade Point projects from budget
More than half of the House’s additions would go towards K-12 schools across the state.
Alaskans rocked by Halong plead with feds for help relocating: ‘Our land is no longer safe’
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski held a roundtable in Anchorage with Interior Department officials Tuesday to hear from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok leaders about challenges the communities still face and ideas for how to move forward.