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.
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.
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."
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Gas pipeline bill remains iffy despite passing House
A bill to develop a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska passed the state House early Wednesday despite efforts of Democrats to kill or revamp the measure.
Alaska Railroad faces big cut in budget courtesy US Senate
The Alaska Railroad faces a huge budget cut from the U.S. Senate that could mean large-scale layoffs, reduced passenger service and a default on the state-owned corporation's bonds.
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.
House approves bill opening Arctic refuge to oil drilling
The U.S. House once again passed a bill to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, voting 237-187 Thursday on a measure expected to die in the Senate.
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Alaska lawmakers head for DC to lobby for ANWR drilling
Alaska lawmakers including House Speaker Mike Chenault will miss several days of the legislative session next week to make another pitch in Washington, D.C., for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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.
End partisan seating at State of Union, Murkowski says
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is urging a permanent end to the partisan seating arrangement at the State of the Union address.
End partisan seating at State of Union address, Murkowski says
Picking up where they left off last year, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall are urging a permanent end to the partisan seating arrangement at the annual State of the Union address.
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.
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.
Congress has 18 days to settle tax, Social Security issues
President Barack Obama and a bitterly divided Congress have 18 days to figure out whether to continue a Social Security payroll tax cut, avoid a huge drop in Medicare payments to doctors and maintain many unemployment benefits.
Despite federal earmark ban, lawmakers target pet projects
Members of the U.S. House and the Senate attempted to pack hundreds of special spending provisions into at least 10 bills in the summer and fall, less than a year after congressional leaders declared a moratorium on earmarks, congressional records show.
Young legal fund is target of ethics probe
The U.S. House Ethics Committee is considering whether to investigate Alaska Rep. Don Young, after an inquiry into whether donations to the Republican's legal defense fund exceeded the contribution limit.
ANWR dustup between Young and historian turned personal
The feud between Alaska congressman Don Young and prominent historian Douglas Brinkley that started at a House committee hearing last week has continued, with Brinkley calling Young a bully and a "low-grade Joseph McCarthy."
Video: Young and historian trade insults in House hearing on ANWR
Young: Oil funds used in terror
Rep. Don Young is using terrorism in his argument for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.
Young wants to roll back all federal regulations since '91
Alaska Rep. Don Young suggested Tuesday he plans to introduce a bill to repeal every federal regulation put into effect in the past 20 years, an idea that could have huge implications for everything from aviation safety to oil drilling.
EPA proposes to fine Eielson for violations
A proposed fine against Eielson Air Force Base has spurred the three members of Alaska's congressional delegation to step in.
Alaska senators join in support of bill
The natural habitat for Alaska's two senators is a long distance from the extremes of each of their respective parties, so it wasn't surprising that both plan to vote for the debt-limit compromise Tuesday and would wonder why it took so long.
In debt debate, pols drive off metaphorical cliff
Not too long ago there was lofty talk of doing something big. Of a reasonable path. Of a grand bargain.That was a few weeks and a few thousand tortured metaphors ago.
As talks go on, Senate rejects Democratic plan
Senate Republicans have blocked action on a Democratic approach to resolving the debt-ceiling crisis. It was a test vote largely unrelated to the talks between the White House and congressional leaders on a compromise that can clear both the House and Senate.
House backs Young's move to bar genetically modified salmon
The U.S. House on Wednesday OK'd an amendment to a farm spending bill by Alaska Rep. Don Young that prohibits the Food and Drug Administration from approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption.
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Disclosures show wealth of congressional delegation
Financial disclosure forms made public Wednesday show that Alaska's congressional delegation has a wide range of investments in land, real estate and stocks.
Obama abandons plan for increasing wildland protections
Under pressure from Congress, the Obama administration is backing away from a plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.
25 most expensive energy items in the budget
The Legislature's special session in Juneau is about to enter the fourth week of gridlock with no clear end.
House GOP aims to reduce EPA authority over Arctic drilling
Saying the Environmental Protection Agency's air permitting process has "run amok," U.S. House Republicans today debated legislation that would make it easier for companies to get permission to drill offshore in the Arctic.
Deal struck to avoid government shutdown
Less than an hour away from a government shutdown, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a historic agreement late Friday night to cut about $38 billion in spending and avert the first federal closure in 15 years.
Alaska stations rely on public broadcasting subsidies
Outside of Alaska's most populated areas, tune your radio up and down the AM and FM dials, and you'll often lock in on just one station: a public radio broadcast.
Airfare subsidies threatened, but Alaska's may survive
Alaska is likely to be spared in a House bill that guts $200 million in annual airfare subsidies to rural and hard-to-reach places across the country. The program has long been criticized by budget watchdog groups.
House bill would spare flight subsidies to Alaska
Remember the push to cut a federal subsidy that reduces airfare costs in rural Alaska? Today, House Transportation Committee leaders introduced a bill that would spare Alaska and Hawaii from the cuts.
Dealmaker will pull no punches in 20th term
Settling into his 20th term in office, Don Young has moved his hunting trophies into the biggest office in the House of Representatives. He's holding sway over a new panel on Indian affairs -- and although it's a subcommittee, it returns to him the title "chairman" he cherished for so much of his time in Congress.
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Murkowski: 'Why not start with a symbolic gesture' toward civility
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who was among the first senators to call for bipartisan seating at tonight's State of the Union address, acknowledged that the move might be little more than a nod to civility at a time of rancorous political discourse. But even if it's mere symbolism, she said, "why not start with a symbolic gesture?"
U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, is on three subcommittees of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the committee he once chaired.
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Young joins GOP vote to repeal federal health care overhaul
Alaska Rep. Don Young today joined other House Republicans in a vote to repeal the landmark health care bill as the new Congress took its first big swing at the Obama administration's agenda.
Murkowski and Begich urge lawmakers to mix during address
Alaska's two U.S. senators have joined the call for members of both houses of Congress to mingle during the president's Jan. 25 State of the Union speech.
Young to chair subcommittee on Indian, Alaska Native Affairs
U.S. Rep. Don Young has been named chairman of the newly created House subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Rep. Young seeks House subcommittee post
U.S. Rep. Don Young is looking to chair at least one subcommittee when the new Congress convenes.
Alaska moving into new era as federal earmarking fades
Long the reigning champion of earmarks and never a state to turn down federal money, Alaska may have to change its ways as Congress reconsiders a practice that's come to symbolize runaway government spending.
Young says he can head committee
Alaska Rep. Don Young says he's in line to chair a committee if Republicans regain control of the U.S. House.
House passes bill honoring Stevens with landmarks
The U.S. House today passed a bill naming a mountain and part of an ice field after the late Ted Stevens.
GOP rival, ethics watchdog seek results of Young investigation
Republican congressional candidate Sheldon Fisher on Thursday called on the Justice Department to disclose the results of its investigation of Rep. Don Young's Coconut Road earmark because Congress itself took the unprecedented step of seeking the inquiry.
Federal prosecutors drop Young case
Rep. Don Young said Wednesday that federal authorities have decided against seeking his indictment and have dropped their long-running corruption investigation of him.
Young defends BP safety record in Alaska
BP has had few friends on Capitol Hill in recent months, so it was something of a surprise Thursday when Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, took up the company's case as an Alaska business.
Young, Fisher agree to debate on Aug. 10
U.S. Rep. Don Young has agreed to his first debate of the Republican primary. It will be Aug. 10, in Fairbanks.
Former ACS executive takes on 18-term Young
Don Young is facing another Republican primary, this time against Sheldon Fisher, a former executive and a political newcomer who hopes to topple the man who's been in Congress longer than the majority of Alaskans have been alive.
Politics blog: Rep. Young posts Alaska earmark requests
Rep. Don Young, who announced he would flout his party's election-year ban on seeking earmarks, Tuesday afternoon posted the list of projects he's supporting.
Young to seek earmarks in defiance of GOP's 1-year ban
Alaska Rep. Don Young hopes to barrel through the Republican one-year ban on earmarks by submitting requests anyway. Will he get any? No one seems to know.
Alaska delegates divided on health care bill
Sen. Lisa Murkowski called it an example of "March madness." Her Republican colleague, Rep. Don Young, asked on Twitter whether "anyone understands this convoluted health care bill?" And Sen. Mark Begich, a Democrat, said he plans to vote for the health care bill when it's back in the Senate.
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House GOP earmark ban doesn't sit well with Don Young
House Republicans agreed today to a one-year ban on all earmarks, and Rep. Don Young is not happy about it. He did not support today's decision by his caucus, said a spokeswoman.
Resolution challenging EPA regulations introduced
Two top House Democrats have introduced a measure aimed at blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating pollution-causing greenhouse gases.
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Alaska no longer earmarking powerhouse
Alaska has lost its spot as the No. 1 per capita recipient of congressional earmarks, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan federal budget watchdog organization.
Young says solo 'no' vote expressed his frustration
At 11:06 a.m. Wednesday, Rep. Don Young joined 418 other members of the House of Representatives in casting a unanimous vote honoring the American Kennel Club on its 125th anniversary. But the Alaska Republican had had enough by 1:17 p.m.
Health bills may hurt some Alaskans, consultant says
The health care reform bills before Congress that would extend insurance coverage to tens of thousands of Alaskans who are uninsured wouldn't necessarily be good for all Alaskans, according to an economic consultant who is tracking the health bills for the University of Alaska.
GOP rally in D.C. against health care bill draws Rep. Young
Rep. Don Young doesn't attend many big public events in Washington, so his presence was notable Thursday at a Republican rally at that drew thousands of people who oppose health care legislation scheduled for a vote this weekend in the House.
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House ethics panel investigates Florida earmark linked to Young
A leaked U.S. House Ethics Committee memo shows that the committee requested information from a Florida congressman about the infamous Coconut Road earmark linked to Alaska Rep. Don Young.
Congressmen worry ocean policy will block development
Dozens of U.S. representatives sent a letter Monday to the head of the president's Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force with concerns that the policy will block offshore energy development and cost jobs to Americans.
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A string of deaths in the homeless community over the last year has given new exposure to a long-standing issue in Anchorage.
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The controversial massive dock replacement project at the Port of Anchorage has seen its progress stalled and its price tag soar.
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