U.S. Senate

No vote: Dead polar bear bill again ties Senate in knots

On its last day in session before the election, the Senate tied itself in knots over 41 polar bear carcasses that hunters want to bring home from Canada as big game trophies.

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ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Judge's ruling, $5,000 payment to Miller end costly lawsuit

A Superior Court judge has issued a final judgment in the Joe Miller lawsuit stemming from the 2010 U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska, bringing an end to the case.
COMMERICAL FISHING

Begich pitches national seafood marketing campaign

Alaska's seafood could get a marketing boost as part of a national effort to spread the word about American ocean products.
ENERGY

Murkowski touts Asia as market for North Slope natural gas

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Wednesday that the best hope for a market for North Slope natural gas may be Japan or other Asian countries.
MINING

Congressional GOP members fear EPA will halt Pebble early

Congressional Republicans are lining up against the possibility that the Environmental Protection Agency would block the proposed Pebble mine in the Bristol Bay area, a region that produces about half the world's wild sockeye salmon.
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI

Senate hearing to focus on Coast Guard

KODIAK -- A U.S. Senate subcommittee plans to meet in Kodiak on Monday to discuss the need for a strong Coast Guard presence in Alaska amid growing interest in the Arctic.
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI

Murkowski says disclosure bill doesn't go far enough, votes no

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski helped Senate Republicans block a bill to require groups that pour hundreds of millions of dollars into political campaigns to disclose who funds them. Her vote was unusual in that it followed a speech she made declaring such shadow campaign funding "corrosive to Democracy...
OUTDOORS

Murkowski introduces bill that would rename Mount McKinley

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to rename North America's tallest peak from Mount McKinley to Mount Denali, the latest in a decades-long battle between Alaskans and the Ohio congressional delegation.
POLITICS

Alaska congressional delegation split on health care decision

Alaska's congressional delegation is at odds over Thursday's Supreme Court decision on the Obama administration's health care act, with Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Don Young talking about repeal and Democrat Mark Begich saying it's time to move ahead.
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI

Murkowski seeks law to create standards for prosecutors

Sen. Lisa Murkowski argued in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for legislation that would create a uniform standard for prosecutors to disclose all possibly exculpatory evidence to the defense.
U.S. SENATE

Amendment lets Alaska tribes keep restraining-order powers

The U.S. Senate passed the Violence Against Women reauthorization act Thursday with a last minute amendment that lets Alaska tribes continue to issue domestic violence protective orders but excludes them from powers given to Lower 48 tribes to criminally prosecute offenders.