Don Young News

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration.

The state of Alaska is trying to drum up publicity for its offer to pay some of the cost of exploratory drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but the pitch appears to stand no real chance.

Founder of McKinley Capital Management, an investment firm in Anchorage. He has a big family compound on Lake Clark near the proposed Pebble mine and is a relentless, and wealthy, opponent of the project.

The Arctic is rapidly changing. While the Arctic region has experienced warming and cooling cycles over millennia, the current warming trend is unlike anything previously recorded.

Alaska's Rep. Don Young has signed on to a bill in Congress that would protect marijuana users from federal prosecution in states where it is legal, saying that the states should be left to decide whether to legalize marijuana or not, and the federal government should stay out of it.

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.

The bipartisan bill, authored by Congressman and co-sponsored by 38 other members of Congress, now moves to the U.S. Senate for consideration and action.

Democratic Sen. Mark Begich said he's not surprised Gov. Sean Parnell announced he'll run for reelection in 2014, ending speculation that the governor could challenge the first-term senator for his seat.

Sean Parnell on Friday announced plans to seek re-election next year, saying he believes he can be more effective in that role than in pursuing a U.S. Senate bid.

Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday announced plans to seek re-election next year, saying he believes he can be more effective in that role than in pursuing a U.S. Senate bid.

Gov. Sean Parnell is expected to announce plans for his political future at a reception during the Alaska Federation of Republican Women's convention in Fairbanks.

Via tweets, emails, Republican friends, or smoke signals, I am getting the message that the GOP is more inclusive, indeed it is a new day.

Alaska Rep. Don Young is reaching into a legal defense fund bankrolled by a Louisiana oil field services company in order to pay lawyers to defend him in his latest ethics investigation.

The Hill notes that, Thursday, the "FDA issued draft findings that a Boston firm's fish were identical to traditional salmon, safe to eat and won't cause environmental harm," but it isn't easing concerns over the proposal to send genetically modified salmon to market.

The debate over an immigration-reform bill has given us a glimpse into the emerging war within the Republican Party.

Republicans expressed cautious optimism about their party's future at the 29th annual Fulton County Republican Chairman's Club Dinner in Perth.

House Republicans are targeting popular 'mommy blog' websites in a digital ad strategy beginning Tuesday as part of an ongoing leadership effort to repair the GOP's image with certain voting blocs.

After waiting 68 years to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross he earned in combat during World War II, George Miller had to cool his heels for another couple of hours on Monday.

George Miller, left, who received a Distinguished Flying Cross during a presentation at the Anchorage Veterans Memorial on Monday, April 29, 2013, 68-years after Miller earned the medal while on a bombing mission over Austria in a B-24 Liberator during World War II, is greeted by Alaska Rep.

That's right. The federal Controlled Substances Act simply would not apply to marijuana users, dispensary operators, and other individuals who have been courageous enough to help take marijuana production and sales above ground into state-regulated markets.