the parliamentarian OK’d a provision that allows for Alaska, Hawaii and several other states to temporarily escape higher costs for SNAP, the food assistance program for the poor, if certain ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned why only two states should receive “special treatment” in a GOP-backed plan to reduce federal dollars for ...

Senate passes "big, beautiful bill" after negotiations with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who secured benefits for Alaska including ...

The lack of courage in Congress to reassert its constitutional power of the purse has left senior lawmakers of both parties ...

At first, Republicans devised a provision that increased Medicaid funding for states based on poverty rates. It was crafted in a way that would have applied only to Alaska and Hawaii. That, the ...

Matt Heilala said he's skilled at working with people with whom he disagrees. Though he's a frequent Republican donor, he ...

Matt Heilala, who serves on the state medical board, has never held public office but is a frequent donor to Republican ...

The “big beautiful bill,” Musk wrote, is a “disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it. You know you did wrong.

President Donald Trump signed into law two measures long-sought by Alaska’s congressional delegation to benefit Alaska Native ...

The rescission bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and slash foreign aid cleared a procedural hurdle ...

Amy Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned why only Alaska and Hawaii should receive “special treatment” in a GOP-backed plan to reduce federal dollars for ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned why only two states should receive “special treatment” in a GOP-backed plan to reduce federal ...