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...to a leading Republican senator.Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the ranking minority member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, on Monday unveiled a "blueprint for discussion" of a national energy policy. It calls for more...
Two colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee spent the weekend traveling throughout the state, including the Kenai Peninsula, and discussed its energy potential. Sen. Lisa...
With gasoline prices in many areas above $4 a gallon, energy concerns are once again making headlines. Prices have more than doubled since the start of 2009 and are projected to remain at excruciating levels for the foreseeable future.
We're entering the third month of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 22nd year since the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef. In the Gulf of Mexico, as much as 3 million barrels of crude have already spilled from the blown-out well, and in Prince William Sound there is still oil hiding under rocky beaches.
...a senior adviser to Lehman Brothers in Washington. He was the lead witness at a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee which is chaired by Sen. Frank Murkowski. The Alaska Republican is critical of the Clinton administration...
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- The Alaska congressional delegation appears to be at odds with the state Department of Fish and Game over removing dams as a way to rebuild endangered salmon runs around the Pacific Northwest.
Alaskans will be getting to know more about Joe Miller, the Fairbanks attorney and political novice who pulled off what may be the Republican primary election upset of the year.
Through the military, my dad, Warren Norrgard, brought my family to Ft. Wainwright just days before Alaska became a state. I grew up with Alaska's statehood.
Last week, the Senate rejected a proposal that would impose a three-year moratorium on earmarks in both appropriations and authorization bills. Although it failed to pass in this "lame-duck" session -- eight Republicans and 48 Democrats voted in opposition -- there's little doubt that the issue will resurface once the new Congress convenes in 2011.
...related compensation program and a mineral deposit under a glacier will be the subjects of a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in Juneau this week. A federal law last year closed some of Glacier Bay to all commercial...