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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday August 25, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Alaska Congressional Delegation Secures Exemption Sparing Alaska Air National Guard from Planned Leveling Cuts
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA--U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today welcomed news that the Alaska Air National Guard (ANG) has been granted an indefinite exemption from the Air National Guard's "Fulltime Leveling" (FTL) initiative that would have impacted or eliminated nearly 80 Active Guard Reserve positions in Alaska. Major General Duke  more

Alaska Delegation Celebrates Ninth Circuit Ruling Defending Southeast Troll Salmon Fishery
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA--U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today celebrated a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Southeast Alaska troll fishermen whose ability to fish has been challenged in a lawsuit brought forward by the based Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC), which attempted to shut down the fishery due to unfoun  more

Rep. Peltola: Alaska Congressional Delegation Secures Exemption Sparing Alaska Air National Guard From Planned Leveling Cuts
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Representative Mary Sattler Peltola and U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, today welcomed news that the Alaska Air National Guard (ANG) has been granted an indefinite exemption from the Air National Guard's "Fulltime Leveling" (FTL) initiative that would have impacted or eliminated nearly 80 Active Guard Reserve positions in Alaska. Major General Duke A. Pirak, acting dire  more