Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alaska
American Action Forum Issues Insight: Diesel Export Ban Won't Solve High Fuel Prices
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The American Action Forum issued the following insight:
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September 23, 2026
A Diesel Export Ban Won't Solve High Fuel Prices
Shuting Pomerleau
Executive Summary
* President Trump is considering an export ban on diesel fuel after retail prices surged to a record-high level of $6.53 per gallon on September 21, even though the United States remains a structural surplus diesel producer--refining roughly 5.3 million barrels per day (b/d) with domestic demand of 3.6
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Attorney General Marshall Co-Leads Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Urging Court to Return Voter Qualification Authority to States
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 21 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Marshall Co-Leads Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Urging Court to Return Voter Qualification Authority to States
September 21, 2026
(Montgomery, Ala.) - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has filed a 26-State brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to defend election integrity and restore the States' constitutional authority to set and enforce voter qualifications. A
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Attorney General McCuskey Urges Consumers to Claim Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 23 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release:
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Attorney General McCuskey Urges Consumers to Claim Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices
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West Virginia and 47 other states and territories announce preliminary court approval of a plan to distribute settlement funds to consumers
Attorney General JB McCuskey is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases
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Ball State University to Repatriate Cultural Items Recovered from Edward Maitland in Metlakatla, Alaska
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSFR) -- Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, intends to repatriate two cultural items identified as objects of cultural patrimony to the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve.
The items are a model totem carving created by Edward Maitland in Metlakatla, Alaska, in 1896, and a totem carving previously attributed to the Tlingit people. Consultation identified the latter as Tsimshian. The model carving was donated to Ball State in 1991, while the other carv
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BLM to conduct controlled burns in eastern Idaho to boost fire resiliency and improve wildlife habitat
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release:
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BLM to conduct controlled burns in eastern Idaho to boost fire resiliency and improve wildlife habitat
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District, in cooperation with the US Wildland Fire Service, will conduct several prescribed burns totaling about 1500 acres in Central and Eastern Idaho. These prescribed fires seek to mitigate fire ris
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Cherokee Nation Deputy Principal Chief Warner Testifies Before Senate Indian Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Cherokee Nation Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner from a Sept. 16, 2026, hearing on the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act (S. 5354):
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Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs:
Osiyo, and thank you for holding this important hearing. As Deputy Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, it is
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Coast Guard awards $315 million contract to modernize fuel pier, utilities at Base Kodiak
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release:
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Coast Guard awards $315 million contract to modernize fuel pier, utilities at Base Kodiak
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WASHINGTON - The Coast Guard awarded a $315 million contract Sept. 11 to Tutor Perini Corp. to design and construct a new fuel pier and major cutter mooring at Base Kodiak, strengthening shore infrastructure to support Coast Guard operations in Alaska and the Arctic.
The project will
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Does a Criminal Record Predict Future Crime Forever? A New Study of 16 Million People Says No
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 22 -- The University of Nebraska Omaha Campus posted the following news:
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Does a Criminal Record Predict Future Crime Forever? A New Study of 16 Million People Says No
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A new study of more than 16.5 million people spanning 40 years of criminal-charge records finds that the predictive value of a past criminal charge does not last forever.
Instead, it fades in a highly consistent, measurable pattern, and largely converges with the general population's ordinary ri
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Earthjustice: Court-Ordered Study for the Donlin Gold Mine in Alaska Shows Devastation From a Tailings Spill But Agencies Have More to Do
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 24 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
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September 23, 2026
Court-Ordered Study for the Donlin Gold Mine in Alaska Shows Devastation from a Tailings Spill but Agencies Have More to Do
Federal agencies analyzed a spill of 27% of the tailings dam capacity, but more analysis is needed to understand the mine's risks and how to minimize them
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Anchorage, AK -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released a draft supplemental environmental i
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EMILYs List Endorses 13 Democratic Women in Key State Legislative Races Across 2026 State Power Plan States
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release:
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EMILYs List Endorses 13 Democratic Women in Key State Legislative Races Across 2026 State Power Plan States
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, is adding 13 races to our legislative targets across our 2026 State Power Plan states. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement on the 13 Democratic women putting the
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Following Settlements With Generic Drug Manufacturers, AG's Office Urges Consumers To Claim Compensation For Inflated Generic Drug Prices
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 23 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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Following Settlements With Generic Drug Manufacturers, AG's Office Urges Consumers To Claim Compensation For Inflated Generic Drug Prices
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BOSTON -The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases and, if eligible, to submit a claim for compensation here.
This month,
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GAO Director Cackley Testifies Before Senate Indian Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Alicia Puente Cackley, director of financial markets and community investment at the Government Accountability Office, from a Sept. 16, 2026, hearing on the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act (S. 5354):
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Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and Members of the Committee:
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss preliminary observations from
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HUD Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Atkin Testifies Before Senate Indian Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Hilary Atkin, acting deputy assistant secretary for Native American programs at the Housing and Urban Development Department, from a Sept. 16, 2026, hearing on the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act (S. 5354):
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Thank you, Chairwoman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and Members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, for this opportunity to tes
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Montana State enrolls record 17,477 students, welcomes largest ever incoming first-year class
BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 23 -- Montana State University issued the following news:
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Montana State enrolls record 17,477 students, welcomes largest ever incoming first-year class
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BOZEMAN -Delayne Lindeen, a junior studying business finance, transferred to Montana State University this past spring. Lindeen, who'd been attending college in Billings, said she wanted the experience of living a little farther from her hometown of Huntley.
Coming from a graduating high school class of 50, s
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OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beach Resort Unveils All-New Guestrooms & Invites the World to "Catch Waikiki's Next Wave"
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 23 [Category: BizTravel] -- Outrigger Hospitality Group posted the following news release:
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OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beach Resort Unveils All-New Guestrooms & Invites the World to "Catch Waikiki's Next Wave"
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HONOLULU -OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group today announced that the newly reimagined guestrooms at OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beach Resort are complete and available to book, marking the first guest-facing milestone of the resort's $100 mi
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Reason Foundation: States Must Publicly Track and Show How They Spend Meta's Settlement Money
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 24 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news:
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States must publicly track and show how they spend Meta's settlement money
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harmed children and teenagers.
Richard Sill
Technology Policy Analyst
September 23, 2026
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Meta agreed in August to pay up to $18 billion to resolve a multistate lawsuit brought by 52 attorneys gener
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Saving Hospitals Saves Lives Coalition: CMS Urged to Consider Human Impact of Medicaid Provider Tax and Payment Restrictions
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
September 21, 2026
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-2452-P
P.O. Box 8010
Baltimore, MD 21244-8010
Re: CMS-2452-P - Medicaid Program; Amending the Indirect Hold Harmless Threshold of Health Care-Related Taxes
"Love your neighbor as yourself."
Dear Ad
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Student Spotlight: Avery LeVan, Class of 2027
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The George Washington University Law School posted the following news:
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Student Spotlight: Avery LeVan, Class of 2027
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From externships through the GW Law Field Placement Program to founding GW Law's a cappella group, GW Law Cappella, Avery LeVan, Class of 2027, has spent his law school career taking advantage of a wide range of opportunities.
Over his 2L summer, he was a Judicial Intern at the Municipal Attorney's Office in Anchorage, Alaska, and this semeste
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Trump Administration Actions - Geographic Naming Topic of White Paper From CRS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12881) on Sept. 15, 2026, by natural resources policy specialists Mark K. DeSantis and Anna E. Normand.
Here are excerpts:
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Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming
The naming or renaming of geographic features (e.g., mountains, lakes, streams) for federal usage is the responsibility of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN). However, in certain instances, the P
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U.S.-South Korea Bilateral Trade Relations Topic of White Paper From CRS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10733) on Sept. 17, 2026, by Asian affairs specialist Mark E. Manyin and international trade and finance analyst Liana Wong.
Here are excerpts:
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U.S.-South Korea Bilateral Trade Relations
South Korea (or the Republic of Korea, ROK), a U.S. ally since 1953, is one of the United States' most important economic partners in Asia. It is the eighth-largest U.S. goods trading p
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University of Oregon Biology Professor Policha Urged Rescission of 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to Protect Forest Ecosystems
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
September 9, 2026
Re: Docket No. FS-2025-0001; RIN 0596-AD66; Proposed Rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule
Dear Secretary Rollins and Forest Service Reviewing Officials:
I strongly oppose the proposed rescission or weakening of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I urge the U.S. Department of Ag
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to Repatriate Cultural Items Acquired from Tambaran Gallery
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, intends to repatriate three cultural items to the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve.
The items are one headdress frontlet, one raven rattle and one halibut grease dish, all identified as objects of cultural patrimony. The museum's records identify the items as culturally affiliated with the Tsimshian people.
The headdress frontlet is made of wood and abalone and dates to the 19th or early 20th century
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White House: President Trump Inks Historic Arctic Security Agreement
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The White House issued the following news:
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President Trump Inks Historic Arctic Security Agreement
September 22, 2026
Today, President Donald J. Trump joined leaders of Denmark and Greenland to sign an unprecedented agreement giving the United States lasting control over security interests in Greenland. The landmark agreement -- which comes at no cost to American taxpayers -- forever guarantees America the ability to defend the continent, includes permanent basi
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