Rep. Don Young

Anchorage Democrat plans to run against Young for Congress

Matt Moore of Anchorage, a former legislative candidate with a medical consulting business, is among five people running against Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young.

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.

Rep. Young named to highway funding conference

U.S. Rep. Don Young will be one of the negotiators charged with ironing out differences between the House and Senate versions on a federal highway plan.

Ex-aide says Young wrongly used funds

A former aide to Alaska Congressman Don Young told criminal investigators in 2008 that Young and his wife, Lu, used campaign funds for personal expenses including meals and travel between Alaska and Washington, D.C.

Young ends quarter with $552,000 in campaign fund

U.S. Rep. Don Young raised about $141,300 for his re-election bid during the first three months of the year, giving him about $551,700 in the bank for his re-election bid.

Cissna plans to run for Congress against Young

Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young picked up an opponent Wednesday when state Rep. Sharon Cissna, an Anchorage Democrat, announced she is running for Congress.

Document list outlines FBI's Florida investigation of Young

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday revealed a list of hundreds of documents from its investigation of Alaska Rep. Don Young and the infamous Coconut Road interchange in Florida, including a "potential witness list and indictment."

Young pronounces support for earmarks

U.S. Rep. Don Young says members of Congress realize banning earmarks was a mistake. But he says they're too afraid to say that. He's not.

Young plans to file for re-election

Don Young plans to make it official on Wednesday. Young's campaign says he will file for re-election at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage.

Lower 48 tribes help fuel Young's campaign fundraising

Alaska Rep. Don Young nearly doubled his fundraising in late 2011 with help from Lower 48 Indian tribes, boosting his re-election campaign though he's facing no established challengers.

Don Young gets all nostalgic about earmarks

Alaska Rep. Don Young caused "nervous tittering" among his Republican colleagues at a press conference in Washington today when he lamented the lack of earmarks in a transportation/energy/jobs bill, reports The New York Times.

Alaska delegation vows to resist base closures

Members of the Alaska delegation and others in Congress are vowing to resist a recommendation from the Pentagon to close military bases around the country.

Alaska politicians pledge to oppose military base cutbacks

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's announcement that the Pentagon will seek new rounds of military base closures drew a swift response from Alaskans who watched a similar process nearly gut Eielson Air Force Base in 2005.

Pentagon outlines budget-cut strategies

Bipartisan seating set for State of the Union speech

The partisan atmosphere in Congress has become so poisonous it's reached the point where the Alaska delegation and others are touting the fact they'll be sitting with a member of the opposite party when the president gives his State of the Union speech today.

Obama attacks income disparity in State of Union excerpts

Stream of cash for bridge over Knik Arm is drying up

The billion-dollar Knik Arm bridge project in Anchorage has financial problems, with no more money coming from Congress and the Alaska governor and a key legislator balking at putting state money on the line.

Murkowski, Begich oppose online piracy legislation

As Wikipedia went dark and Google blacked out its logo today in protest of a congressional bill meant to fight online piracy, Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich said they're opposing the legislation.

Feds must justify secrecy on Young investigation files

A federal judge in Washington ruled today that the Justice Department was wrong in categorically refusing to provide any of its criminal investigative files on Alaska Rep. Don Young to an anti-corruption public interest group.

PDF: Judge's ruling on Young files

Few Democrats line up to take on Congressman Young

Alaska Republican Congressman Don Young is preparing to run for his 21st two-year term and the Democrats still don't have a recognizable challenger out raising campaign cash as the year ends.

Donations to Young challenged ethics principles, committee says

Alaska Rep. Don Young was acting within the rules when he accepted $60,000 in checks for his legal defense fund from a Louisiana businessman with interests in Alaska oil drilling. But the House Ethics Committee said Tuesday it worried that the donation "challenges the principles" of contribution limits.

PDF: Ethics Committee report on contributions to Young

Young calls on Senate to pass payroll tax cut

Alaska Rep. Don Young has voted with the majority in passing legislation that extends Social Security payroll tax cuts through 2012.

Begich tops Murkowski, Young in estimated worth

Sen. Mark Begich appears to be the most affluent among the Alaska congressional delegation, with a net worth estimated by the Center for Responsive Politics at $2.3 million.