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Sealaska Lands bills head to full House committee

...Sealaska bills now head to the full House Resources Committee. From there, if passed, they will go onto the House floor.Congressmen Don Young (R-AK) chaired Thursday's panel and is author of both bills.? Contact reporter Kenneth Rosen at 523-2250...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/sealaska-lands-bills-head-full-house-co
Local
JIA Board seeks local candidates for Airport Manager

...May 15.Johnson "did a heck of a job. She brought in a lot of money and she had good relationships with our senators and congressmen in Washington," Swanson said. "She's been very good financially and she's a politically savvy person."Deputy Airport...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-09/jia-board-seeks-local-candidates-airpor
Local
Congressmen cite 'significant' BP issues in Alaska's North Slope

JUNEAU - Two U.S. congressmen raised concerns about BP PLC's...president of BP Exploration Alaska, the congressmen also referred to "a number of personnel...the Lower 48, according to the congressmen's letter. It's also the conduit...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/050610/sta_634760876.shtml
News
House aide helped FBI investigate congressmen

...Young helped the FBI investigate two congressmen. The information is contained in...from lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The two congressmen are not identified by name, only as Congressman A and Congressman B. The FBI dropped both investigations...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/111910/sta_738549408.shtml
News
Congressmen say nation's top NOAA cop should go

BOSTON - Four Massachusetts congressmen have called for the nation's top fisheries cop to resign after he ordered files destroyed while his agency was being investigated...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030710/sta_571815062.shtml
News
Advocates eye legalizing marijuana in Alaska

...S. Justice Department has not said how it will respond to the laws in Washington and Colorado. A bipartisan group of congressmen, including Alaska's lone U.S. House member, Don Young, recently introduced legislation that would ensure the federal...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-28/advocates-eye-legalizing-marijuana-alas
State
Pentagon report: NKorea moving toward nuke missile

...Korea has advanced in its effort to make a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop a ballistic missile. In April, a U.S. congressman disclosed that the Defense Intelligence Agency believes with "moderate confidence" that the North could deliver a nuclear...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-03/pentagon-report-nkorea-moving-toward-
Not For Web
We truly need "a Congressman for all Alaskans"

...would like to offer congratulations to Congressman Don Young for his election to a twenty-first...however, by comments attributed to Congressman Young, in an article published by the...November 7, 2012. In that article, Congressman Young is quoted as saying that President...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2012-11-19/we-truly-need-congressman-all-alaskan
Letters
Lawmaker: NFL players 'trying to back out' on HGH

...NFL players' union of "trying to back out" of an August 2011 agreement to start checking for human growth hormone, a congressman worried aloud Wednesday that the league will head into next season without a test for the banned drug."Hopefully as we...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-12-13/lawmaker-nfl-players-trying-back-out-h
Sports
Alaska jumps into fight over gun rights

...have to challenge the constitutionality of a given law before the Supreme Court, "or they can try to get their senators or congressmen to repeal the federal law, or they can try to secede from the United States."He added later that the debate was settled...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-11/alaska-jumps-fight-over-gun-rights
State

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