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The federal Coast Guard Authorization bill, H.R. 3619, has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Air Force announced Thursday that Eielson Air Force Base will not be among the first military installations to receive the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Internal investigations into the conduct of several House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.

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Attorneys on Monday will begin culling the largest jury pool ever called in Eldorado, Texas, to try to find 14 people in a county of 2,800 who can set aside what they have heard about a polygamist sect whose alleged marriages involving underage girls triggered a police raid that swept more than 400 children into state custody last year.

Alaska's congressional delegation has asked the Air Force to station the new F-35 fighter at Eielson Air Force Base.

It's an open park of trees, grass and water now, but some older people still remember when Westville was a thriving mill neighborhood.

The key witness in the federal government's corruption cases against several Alaska politicians, including former U.S. Sen.

Dozens of U.S. representatives sent a letter to the head of the President's Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force raising concerns it would try to block offshore energy development and cost Americans jobs.

With seasonal flu and H1N1 already popping up in the area, local health officials are seeking volunteers to help run vaccination clinics.

The Alaska Federation of Natives convention launches this morning in Anchorage, promising a complex look at the law and politics surrounding those basic village needs.

Elizabeth Hensley described an Alaska Native community at war Thursday. The fight is a legal one, for control of traditional Native land and hunting and fishing rights, she said, and a spiritual battle against social ills that can be traced back to colonization.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told colleagues he may include a government-run health-insurance plan in a health-care bill he will soon take to the Senate floor.

Federal prosecutors say the former chief executive of a company that did construction work for oil companies should be sentenced to nearly four years in prison for offering bribes in exchange for legislation favorable to the petroleum industry.

Former Veco chief executive Bill Allen should be sentenced to just fewer than four years in prison and fined $750,000 for his role as Alaska's corrupter in chief, federal prosecutors say.

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Monday, October 19, 2009 at 8:35 a.m. Convinced that Rep. Charles Rangel is on the ropes because of a tangle of ethical issues, House GOP leaders are debating whether to aggressively press for his removal as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee or try to drag out the controversy as long as possible for maximum political advantage.

On this day in 1972, a twin-engine Cessna 310 plane carrying Rep. Hale Boggs , the House majority leader, during a campaign trip to Alaska vanished in abysmal weather conditions between Anchorage and Juneau.

CAMPAIGN: Legal fees take toll on congressman's money for next election. Published: October 14th, 2009 09:28 PM Last Modified: October 14th, 2009 09:28 PM U.S. Rep.

State Rep. Richard Foster, D-Nome, uses a walker at the state Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska during the first day of the 2009 Legislative session.

Rep. Don Young clears his debt to a corporate law firm. leaving his cash reserves well below the comfort level.

Longtime Alaska Rep. Richard Foster was remembered Wednesday as a strong advocate for rural Alaska who fought to improve the lives of those he represented.

VECO: Delay deadline has passed for Allen, Smith, but request might be under seal.

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LOBBYING SCANDAL: Former Young aide pleaded guilty to conspiracy in April 2007. Published: October 9th, 2009 10:28 PM Last Modified: October 9th, 2009 10:29 PM For the eighth time since Mark Zachares' guilty plea to a felony conspiracy charge in April 2007, prosecutors have gotten approval to delay the sentencing of a former top committee aide to ...

Provision in Coast Guard bill would extend dual escorts even to ships with double hulls; similar legislation pending in Senate Federal legislation authorizing Coast Guard appropriations for 2010 has a provision expanding the requirement for dual tug escorts of oil tankers traveling through Alaska's Prince William Sound .

The Justice Department is investigating whether Monsanto Co. violated antitrust rules in trying to expand its dominance of the market for genetically engineered crops.

In a Congress filled with fiefdoms of special-interest spending, one man is king - Rep.

A political power broker and an investment executive who advised government officials in several states have pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a "pay-to-play" scandal at New York's public pension fund.

BiPARTISAN ... The UAF Alumni Association suspended its rules last week to honor graduate Rep.

Bernard Madoff's brother, sons and a niece used the family finance business like a "piggy bank," a court-appointed trustee charged Friday as he demanded in a lawsuit that they return almost $200 million in money to be distributed to cheated investors.