...000 households. Murkowski said his announcement was not a response to the Venezuelan fuel aid. The state's rural energy aid was approved by the Alaska Legislature earlier this year, and Murkowski said his new adviser would continue the work...

...compelling case of expanding the energy aid, regardless of what happens with...handled the state's low-income energy aid program. Ms. Riggen-Ver says Alaska's energy aid applications are up by 18 percent...

...their cuts to Murkowski's budget were too deep, particularly those to the Department of Corrections and for rural energy aid. Most House Democrats also disagreed with the House's product, saying while bloated, the budget shortchanges municipalities...

...has not come up with a comprehensive energy policy. And many of Bush's other energy proposals $1 billion more in energy aid for low-income households, $1.4 billion to help utilities produce electricity from renewable fuels, billions more...

...reciprocity from North Korea. He wants it to take concrete tension-reducing measures in exchange for the humanitarian and energy aid it gets from the United States. One important step could be a major thinning out of North Korean troops and artillery...

...reciprocity from North Korea. He wants it to take concrete tension-reducing measures in exchange for the humanitarian and energy aid it gets from the United States. One important step could be a major thinning out of North Korean troops and artillery...

...must redouble our efforts to promote such increased supplies in Alaska. But I applaud the efforts to provide immediate energy aid to help Alaskans struggling to fill their gasoline tanks and pay their utility bills. In rural Alaska the state's...

Gov. Sarah Palin has promised state lawmakers they will be called upon this summer to address the immediate energy needs of Alaskans.