Lisa Murkowski News

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski got a firsthand look last week at the nation's ongoing immigration crisis, as part of what she described as an "eye-opening" trip to Texas she took to see how the federal government is dealing with the 57,000 unaccompanied children from Central America who have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border since October.

Three weeks ago, the Supreme Court issued a very disappointing verdict in Burwell v.

Last week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner released a letter to a Virgin Islands official releasing U.S. territories from insurance requirements mandated by the 2010 health care overhaul law.

Glaucous-winged gulls nest in Glacier Bay. Federal legislation allows Hoonah Tlingits to harvest their eggs.

Alaska's junior senator, Mark Begich, addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Fairbanks on Oct 25, 2013.

The six Alaskan libraries and museums nominated are: * Praising these institutions, Senator Murkowski said: "These fantastic libraries and museums do great work preserving the rich culture and history of their local Alaskan communities, and deserve national recognition for their extraordinary commitment to public service."

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued a new proposal through the Clean Water Act that limits mining activity in the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska, which struck a huge blow to the project that would eventually have one of the largest mines that is open pit in the world.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell has made opposition to the 2009 stimulus part of his campaign for a Republican Senate nomination.

HAARP Closing Delay, But Facility Being Dismantled Piecemeal The US Air Force has given the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility in Gakona, Alaska, a death row reprieve of sorts.

Jewell's denial of a proposed land swap that would have allowed construction of a 10-mile road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge for emergency medical evacuations for the isolated community of King Cove incensed the Alaska Republican.

The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a proposal Friday under the Clean Water Act that would limit mining activity in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed, according to two individuals familiar with the decision.

The bill, which would have restored employers' mandate to provide birth control to women, did not garner the necessary 60 votes.

New Alaska Criminal Justice Commission members named: Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Dana Fabe has appointed three judges to the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission.

Sen. Mark Begich says he and Sen. Lisa Murkowski are on the same team. But she doesn't see it that way.

A U.S. Senate bill requiring companies to cover birth control in employee healthcare plans failed a procedural vote yesterday.

We're approaching the height of fishing season in Alaska, and there's nothing quite like catching, cooking, and enjoying fresh Alaska salmon.

Will Smith's Alaska Native leading lady? That's the rumor running around the Internet, according to Indian Country Today , which has cobbled together Facebook posts, IMDB updates and Tweets that seem to indicate that Irene Bedard is the top contender for the female lead in "Hancock 2" opposite the former Fresh Prince.

Petersburg blast injures man, sparks investigation: Officials with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Petersburg police are investigating an explosion that sent a Petersburg man to a Seattle hospital on Sunday, the Juneau Empire reports .

The final tally for the 2000 U.S. presidential election in Florida was George W. Bush, 2,912,790 votes, and Al Gore, 2,912,253 votes - a difference of 537 votes.

President Obama mentions himself more regularly than previous commanders-in-chief, though the number drops if you leave out mentions of the bear being loose.