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A QUESTION . . . The rumor persists that applicants for Richard Foster 's seat had to promise not to follow in his footsteps and organize with the House majority Republicans.

A group of volunteer Santa Claus "elves" in Alaska's frigid interior is determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved icon.

The Obama administration has delayed a decision on a request by Shell Oil Co. to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's rugged Chukchi Sea.

Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue," came out Tuesday, a best-selling compilation of anecdotes, political prescriptions and score settling.

Wedged in the House health care bill is $23.5 billion that looks a lot more like stimulus spending than health care reform.

A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won euro46,000 in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas.

Barack Obama joins the ranks of presidents today who have used a gas stop at Elmendorf Air Force as an opportunity to stretch his legs and meet the troops.

President Barack Obama received a rousing welcome at Elmendorf Air Force Base on Nov.

President Barack Obama has landed in Alaska for his first - and very short - visit to the state.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement: "In Alaska we have the distinct pleasure and honor of having the largest per capita percentage of veterans of any state in the Union.

Representative Don Young does not want improved health care for Alaskans. H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, passed the House without his support, which indicates that he represents the only entities benefiting from the status quo: the health care corporations and drug companies, not working Alaskans and families who are trying ...

Representative Anh Cao, Republican of Louisiana, at a town-hall-style meeting in Westwego, La., in August.

Democratic party leaders say many residents are thrilled over President Barack Obama's first visit to the Republican-leaning state, though he won't make a public appearance here.

ThisA is charming , from a conservative political blog. Joseph Cao, the lone Republican to support the House healthcare bill, is now being compared to Chairman Mao.

Rep. Joseph Cao was solely responsible for dashing the Republican leadership's hopes of having all 177 of its members vote against historic health care legislation on Saturday.

Politicians must join together to pass meaningful health care reform, and now. Alaska's congressional delegation has the opportunity to be leaders in this effort.

The House of Representatives tonight passed 220-215 sweeping $1.2 trillion health care reform legislation.

The House floor erupted in one of the loudest cheers the chamber has heard in years when Rep.

Things can move slowly in Washington, D.C. - slower than it takes to widen an interstate highway.

Rep. Don Young doesn't attend many big public events in Washington, so his presence was notable Thursday afternoon at a Republican rally that drew thousands of people who oppose the health care legislation scheduled for a vote this weekend in the House of Representatives.