Recent Stories
- Surveys show increasing support for ANWR drilling
- Sunday, July 6, 2008
- Record-high gasoline prices are causing Americans to rethink their opposition to drilling for oil and natural gas in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other federal areas, according to several recent surveys.
- Stevens, Murkowski celebrate state's anniversary with cake, speeches
- Sunday, June 29, 2008
- Sens. Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Senate’s passage of the Alaska Statehood Act on Thursday with an Alaska flag cake and 45 minutes of speeches on the Senate floor.
- Republican U.S. Senate leaders to meet for earmarks reform discussion
- Sunday, June 22, 2008
- Senate Republican leaders will meet this week to consider new transparency rules for congressional earmarks.
- Memo shows 'A Team' of lobbyists connected to Don Young
- Saturday, June 21, 2008
- Rep. Don Young’s critics have long accused the 18-term congressman of being too cozy with special interests.
- Trans-Alaska pipeline owners overcharged shippers, regulators say
- Thursday, June 19, 2008
- WASHINGTON -- The owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline overcharged for shipping oil to refineries located outside of Alaska and must refund a portion of the excess revenue collected over the past four years, federal regulators said Thursday.
- Lt. Gov. Parnell criticizes Rep. Young over possible gas tax increase
- Wednesday, June 18, 2008
- Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell criticized U.S. Rep. Don Young this week for suggesting that increasing the federal gasoline tax would benefit the country.
- Unions divide in support of fall election candidates
- Sunday, June 15, 2008
- WASHINGTON — Alaska labor is not taking any chances this election year.
- Legislation cracks down on rampant energy speculation
- Saturday, June 14, 2008
- WASHINGTON — Financial speculators beware, Congress is looking for a scapegoat.
- Exxon Mobil vows to fight Point Thomson decision
- Company says it will appeal NRC denial
- Friday, June 13, 2008
- Exxon Mobil says it will appeal the state’s decision to terminate the Point Thomson unit.
- Young backs plan to open ANWR for energy relief
- Thursday, June 12, 2008
- With no end in sight to rising gasoline prices, the energy debate in Congress continues to amount to little more than election-year bickering.
Recent Photos
- Monday, Feb. 25, 2008
- Gov. Sarah Palin talks to Alaska Public Radio Network reporter Joel Southern in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Palin is in Washington for the annual National Governors Association conference.
