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Apr 21 2024
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Sullivan blasts Biden’s moves to restrict drilling and mining in Alaska as ‘national security suicide’
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska.) ripped into the Biden administration’s decision to restrict drilling on millions of acres of government-owned lands in Alaska, arguing it was a “lawless” move. “It’s lawless. He [President Biden] doesn’t have the authority to do that,” Sullivan said Sunday on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “And I could go into all the laws that support me on that. It’s, as I say,
The HillApr 12 2024
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Alaska Senate passes capital budget with focus on school maintenance and housing
JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate advanced the $3.9 billion capital budget, which has an emphasis on school maintenance and housing, to the House on Friday. The capital budget is used to fund infrastructure and maintenance projects across the state. The vast majority of capital budget funding comes from the federal government. The capital budget passed the Senate 15-3 along caucus lines. Fifteen
Anchorage Daily NewsApr 21 2024
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Visit Mat-Su, and you’ll get a taste of everything magic about Alaska
Drive less than an hour north of Anchorage and the landscape changes dramatically. As you enter the Matanuska-Susitna area, the view opens up to showcase dramatic peaks rising steeply from a vast, flat valley floor. This is only the beginning. At 25,000 square miles, the Mat-Su Borough is nearly the size of West Virginia. The attractions in this region are varied and surprising; you’ll find
Anchorage Daily NewsMar 21 2024
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Alaska House passes rural-school internet bill on fast-track timeline after education veto • Alaska Beacon
Rural Alaska schools may get additional state and federal funding for faster internet despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a multipart education bill this week. Early Thursday morning, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 36-4 to advance House Bill 193, which offers rural schools as much as $39.4 million in state aid to match federal dollars intended to improve their internet service. Rep
Alaska BeaconApr 21 2024
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Biden ‘doesn’t have the authority’ to limit oil and gas leasing in Alaska: Dan Sullivan
President Joe Biden “doesn’t have the authority” to restrict new oil and gas leasing on federal petroleum reserves in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said Sunday in response to the Democratic administration’s environmental protection plan. “Leaders of the North Slope of Alaska were unanimous in opposition to this,” Sullivan said Sunday, adding that Biden was not being forthright about the
Washington ExaminerApr 21 2024
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Senator Sullivan Slams Biden For ‘Despicable’ Action He Took In Alaska: ‘That Is A Lie’
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) slammed President Joe Biden over the weekend for taking action to restrict energy exploration and mining in his state while not enforcing sanctions against some of America’s top adversaries. Sullivan made the remarks during a Sunday CBS News interview with Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.” “I know you’re also passionate about this and what the Biden administration
The Daily WireMar 15 2024
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State lawsuit claims federal government owes Alaska $700 billion for quashing Pebble mine • Alaska Beacon
The federal government owes Alaska more than $700 billion in compensation for the 2023 Environmental Protection Agency action that blocked development of the massive and controversial Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration claims in a lawsuit filed in a federal court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in the District of Columbia, is
Alaska BeaconApr 16 2024
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Peltola far outpaces Republican challengers in Alaska’s US House campaign fundraising
Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola raised $1.7 million in the first quarter of 2024, far outpacing her two Republican opponents in fundraising as they vie for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat. Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom raised just over $262,000, while businessman Nick Begich raised nearly $216,000. Their recent campaign finance reports shed light on a race that is seen as one of a few
Anchorage Daily NewsApr 24 2024
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2 Dead After Plane Crashes into Alaska River Moments After Taking Flight: ‘Shocked and Saddened'
Two people are dead after an plane crashed into the Tanana River in Alaska. A Douglas DC-4 airplane went down outside of Fairbanks on Tuesday, April 23, according to a statement from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that was obtained by PEOPLE. The airplane took off Tuesday morning from Fairbanks International Airport. It is believed to have been “a Part 91 fuel transport flight
PeopleApr 27 2024
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Climber Dead After 2-Person Team Falls 1,000 Feet Off Alaska Mountain
One mountain climber is dead and another is injured after the two-person team fell 1,000 feet while climbing in Alaska on April 25. According to a press release from the National Park Service , two climbers — identified on April 27 as 52-year-old Robbi Mecus and an unnamed 30-year-old California woman — were attempting to scale Mount Johnson, an 8,400-foot peak in Denali National Park, when
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