Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Murkowski announces staff changes in Alaska office
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, says Miles Baker will be her new state director, running day-to-day operations in Alaska, while Bob Walsh will serve as deputy state director.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
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ENVIRONMENT
Senate bill calls for task force on tsunami debris
A proposed federal spending bill calls for the creation of a federal task force to address debris washing ashore from last year's tsunami in Japan.
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SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI
Murkowski ends 'energy tour'
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Monday wrapped up an "energy tour" of Alaska with Democratic colleague Ron Wyden of Oregon that included a renewable energy fair, a geothermal plant at Chena Hot Springs, and an offshore oil platform in Cook Inlet.
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SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI
Murkowski urges Akin to get out of Senate race
The denunciation of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin over his explosive assertion that a woman's body could prevent pregnancy from "legitimate rape" is stretching all the way to Alaska. On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski added her voice to the mix of Republicans.
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OIL AND GAS
Murkowski hopes Senate will approve Law of the Sea treaty
Melting summer sea ice is opening up the Arctic Ocean to commercial opportunities but the United States could miss them if it doesn't sign the Law of the Sea treaty, according to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
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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.
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SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI
Murkowski to hold health care forum in Anchorage
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will hold a forum in Anchorage next week on the impacts of the federal health care law.
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COMMERICAL FISHING
Ex-fisheries aide for Murkowski set for release from prison
A former fisheries aide to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, convicted of falsifying his own fishing records, is scheduled for release from a Virginia prison by Saturday.
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SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI
Murkowski and Hoeven tour oil fields and feds' legacy wells
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski took one of her Republican colleagues on a tour this weekend of Alaska's northern oil fields and of federally owned wells still awaiting cleanup by the Bureau of Land Management decades after they were drilled and abandoned.
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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.
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SOUTHEAST
Skagway post office gets more help
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski sees the hire of another worker in the Skagway post office as a step toward getting residents "the kind of postal service they can count on."









