Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Liz Ruskin is the Washington, D.C., correspondent at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at lruskin@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Liz here.
What to know about Biden’s 3 COVID vaccine mandates
President Biden has issued three vaccine mandates. They cover different groups of workers, and they don’t cover everyone.
Native veterans get land allotments, 50 years after initial deadline passed
Two veterans got up to 160 acres apiece. Their land is near Goodnews Bay in Southwest Alaska.
Murkowski is the only Senate Republican who voted to advance voting rights bill
Democrats needed 10 Republicans to help them move the John Lewis voting bill. They got just one.
Ruling allows nurse practitioners in Alaska to prescribe abortion pills
A preliminary injunction halts part of a state law that restricts who can conduct abortions.
Alaska sues to challenge Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for federal contractors
Ten states have filed a legal challenge, claiming the mandate violates state laws.
House version of Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill would cancel drilling leases in Arctic Refuge
The bill has a long way to go, but the latest version would repeal a 2017 provision opening ANWR to drilling.
Earmarks: They’re back, and Murkowski is using them to steer money home
Sen. Murkowski has a $230 million wish list of dozens of Alaska projects she wants in the next batch of spending bills.
A Republican Begich runs for Alaska’s US House seat, challenging Rep. Young
At 44, he's half the age of the congressman, whom he supported in 2020.
Exxon transfers Point Thomson operations on Alaska’s North Slope to Hilcorp
ExxonMobil will keep its ownership stake and "remains committed to Point Thomson," a spokesman says.
Sullivan takes issue with Biden vaccine mandate, asks employers to delay enforcement
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says employers should disregard President Biden’s vaccine mandate, keep unvaccinated workers on the job and wait for the courts to rule. "I think the president is going to lose that case in every court in America," he said.
Biden administration lets stand a judgment thwarting Willow, a ConocoPhillips drilling project in Arctic
A judge's decision reversed approval for the NPR-A project. The Biden administration did not appeal the ruling by Tuesday's deadline.
Voting reform bill stalls in US Senate. Alaska senators, like all Republicans, voted no.
The "Freedom to Vote" bill sets minimum standards and would make election day a holiday.
Nearly all workers at Providence and Alaska Native health care system are complying with COVID vaccine mandates
Local health care employers say more than 96% of their staffers are vaccinated.
Incivility in Anchorage: Ex-Assembly members do not approve
There was a time when the other side wasn't considered evil, they say.
Why you might see tribal recognition on Alaska’s 2022 ballot
Voters will decide if the state should recognize tribes, if a signature drive is successful.
Ex-Alaska Psychiatric Institute docs win federal court victory in challenge to Dunleavy ‘loyalty pledge’
Two psychiatrists who were fired from the Alaska Psychiatric Institute in 2018 have won their case in U.S. District Court against Gov. Mike Dunleavy and former Chief of Staff Tuckerman Babcock.
Murkowski helps move bill to avoid national default, but with limited political risk as no Republicans vote to raise debt cap
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among 11 Republicans who joined Democrats to advance a bill to extend the national debt limit Thursday night, but she didn't stick her neck out very far.
The final vote was...
Even Murkowski won’t cross aisle to help Democrats raise debt ceiling
U.S. Sen. Murkowski says a national debt default would be the "height of irresponsibility." But the GOP is united in saddling Democrats with the duty.
Sullivan suggests US could protect teens from Facebook with Chinese-style screen-time mandates
"Can you really, on your own, help people take a break?" Sen. Sullivan asked Facebook's head of safety. "Or do we, the U.S. government, have to help people take a break, like the Chinese are doing right now?”
Someone else, not a Homer woman, is said to be Capitol intruder who took Pelosi laptop
The FBI thought Marilyn Hueper stole a laptop from the Capitol Jan. 6. Now a NY woman has been charged.