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Print article WASHINGTON — The White House is naming Tommy Beaudreau, a former Obama administration official, to be deputy secretary at the Interior Department after dropping plans for a more liberal nominee who faced key Senate opposition. President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Beaudreau, a former chief of staff at the department who was the first director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The agency, created after the disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, over...

Print article The Alaska Republican Party has voted to censure U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and will recruit a challenger to run against her in next year’s election. The Republican State Central Committee voted in favor of the censure during a meeting Saturday in Anchorage after district-level officials passed a series of similar resolutions. Under party rules, a resolution of censure is just “an official rebuke and disapproval,” but a copy of Saturday’s resolution explicitly states that...

Print article The Biden administration is defending a Southwest Alaska land swap that was supported by the Trump administration, which aims to allow construction of an 11-mile road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Residents in the Alaska Peninsula community of King Cove have long sought the road, arguing it would provide access to emergency care, but conservation groups have sued to stop it, citing the importance of the 310,000-acre refuge to migrating waterfowl and other wildlif...

The independent-minded GOP senator says she’s focused on securing help for Alaska.

Print article Each morning, with my coffee, I read the ADN, especially the letters to the editor. What started out as a chuckle has now become a full belly laugh, reading opinions expressed against Sen. Dan Sullivan, and his vote to acquit former President Donald Trump. I ask these letter writers, “Was Sen. Sullivan less of a carpetbagger last August? or last April? Anytime since his election?” No. As a 45-plus year Alaskan who has seen politicians of both political parties — state legi...

Senate committee advances Haaland nomination for interior secretary, with Murkowski joining Democrats Author: Daily News and wire reports Updated: March 4 Published March 4 FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some Republican senators labeled Haaland "radical" over her calls to reduce dependence on ...

Surrender: Neera Tanden withdraws from nomination for OMB chief Share on Facebook AllahpunditPosted at 7:14 pm on March 2, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I’d been wondering what happened to this. We had a cliffhanger over the weekend when Lisa Murkowski, the lone Republican undecided, said she would meet with Tanden on Monday. Monday came and went, and no news. Then Tuesday morning came and went — with no news. Whatever could be taking so long? Was Murkowski negotiating with Sleepy...

Right now, the Republican Party appears to be a ‘cult’ of Donald Trump.

Print article Sen. Dan Sullivan should be censured for his vote to acquit Donald Trump in spite of a preponderance of evidence of his guilt. Sen. Lisa Murkowski should be praised for having the courage to vote for her country. Gov. Mike Dunleavy should be recalled for his enjoining our state in a bogus Texas lawsuit which sought to overturn the will of the people in five states illegally. Thank you, Sen. Murkowski.

News of our senators’ support for oil, while important, blurs the fact that they also champion significant environmental legislation.