WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Alaska Professional Hunters Association submitted a public comment letter to the National Park Service regarding the agency's proposed rule on hunting and trapping in Alaska National Preserves. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2026 (Docket No.: NPA-2026-0034). APHA, an organization representing professional hunting guides throughout Alaska, expressed general support for aligning hunting and trapping regulations on federal lands wit  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Alaska State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee has submitted a public comment letter to the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Education expressing strong support for the proposed waivers and extensions of project periods for 43 American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) projects and the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center (AIVRTTAC). Alaska, noted for having one of the nat  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Attorneys General issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Coalition of 45 Attorneys General Backs Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Transparency Rule * INQUIRIES: media@naag.org Washington, D.C. - April 15, 2026 -Today, the National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 45 state and territory attorneys general submitted a comment letter t  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing strong support for the continuation of funding for their Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation (TVR) Program. The letter highlights the TVR Program's vital role in providing services to Alaska Native and American Indian individuals with disabilities across Southeast Alaska. According to the Central Council, the TVR Program is essential  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Northern Alaska Environmental Center, Fairbanks, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service expressing opposition to the agency's proposed rule to rescind wildlife management regulations governing hunting and trapping in Alaska national preserves. The proposed rule would affect approximately 20 million acres of federally managed lands within the National Park System. NAEC raised multiple legal, ecological, and proce  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Seward Peninsula Subsistence Regional Advisory Council has submitted a public comment letter to the National Park Service (NPS) requesting a 30-day extension to the comment period for the proposed regulation titled "Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves." The proposal (Docket No.: NPS-2026-0034/1024-AE96) impacts subsistence harvesters in the Seward Peninsula Region. The Council, representing subsistence users of federally managed fish and wildlife resou  more