Lisa Murkowski

In February, Congress passed the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment act, which doled out billions of dollars intended to create or save American jobs. The $787 billion were meant to spur the economy and get people back to work, but the official...

The 2010 Senate race was a historic election. Sen. Lisa Murkowski lost the primary to new comer Joe Miller who was backed heavily by the Tea Party Express and Democrat Scott McAdams came out swinging. In the end, Murkowski won back her Senate seat in...

There has been a lot of speculation about what impact the problems facing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan will have on the future of the United States' nuclear industry. Some have compared the event to Chernobyl and declared the...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was sworn in for her second full term Wednesday morning, finalizing her comeback victory over Republican challenger Joe Miller, who defeated her in the Republican primary. Murkowski was one of 31 new and returning senators sworn into...

KTUU.com is live-streaming Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s press conference on the future of his campaign Friday afternoon. Click on the link next to this story to watch the live stream. Earlier this month the Alaska Supreme Court...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller refused to appeal Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in victory Friday afternoon, ending months of legal battles and closing the book on one of the state’s most historic political races. Miller defeated...

While Democratic and Republican members of Congress chose to sit together during President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, Alaskans still had divided opinions on its message. At a Democratic viewing party for the address in...

A few years ago, the U.S. Forest Service was getting ready to open up several large stands of old-growth trees here on Kupreanof Island in an attempt to sustain southeast Alaska's beleaguered timber industry. The target was up to 70 million board feet of...

Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell plans to release his review of the 2010 election Friday in Anchorage. The long-awaited report is meant to recap the state’s handling of the hotly disputed write-in race between Joe Miller and Lisa Murkowski; and make...

Alaska’s oil reserves play a major role in the nation’s energy policy -- but in a Wednesday speech on the topic at George Washington University, President Barack Obama mentioned the state just once. "We're also exploring and assessing new...

State lawmakers expected a state report on Alaska’s 2010 election to be out by now. Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell's office told lawmakers back in January the review would be ready in 45 days, but 60 days have passed and still nothing has been made...

Nelson Garrett flipped through a stack of plastic white and red colored numbers late Tuesday afternoon. He knew his customers wouldn't be happy with him as he changed the marquee in front of his gas station to raise the gas prices. "They're not too...