President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate Kyle Reardon, a federal magistrate judge and former prosecutor, to fill the last of three federal judge positions for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. Trump announced the nomination on social media on Tuesday, as well as picks for federal trial courts in Texas, Florida, […]
The Trump administration has pulled federal support from the Arctic Report Card, an annual, peer-reviewed report that has been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since 2006. NOAA will no longer provide administrative support for the report, though NOAA scientists and programs will continue to collect climate data, said a statement released by […]
The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education Program to 26 Alaska grantees after some delay, according to an announcement from Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The grant funding was expected on July 1, but has been delayed more than a month. Grantees […]
Federal fishery managers would start analyzing the DNA collected in ocean waters to help inform their decisions, under a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, Alaska’s Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday. Called the Fisheries Science Modernization Act, the bill would set up a system for the use of environmental DNA, known […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said on Aug. 7, 2026, she will oppose the nomination of Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general. In this photo, she shakes hands with members of the Alaska Legislature on Feb. 15, 2024, following her annual address in the state Capitol. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
