Sharon Cissna

Sen. Lisa Murkowski has sent a letter to the Transportation Security Adminstration asking it to clarify its passenger screening policies after state Rep. Sharon Cissna (D-Anchorage) refused a pat-down and chose not to fly back to Alaska from Seattle....

State Rep. Sharon Cissna (D-Anchorage) arrived back in Juneau Thursday morning after a days-long ordeal resulting from her decision to refuse a Transportation Security Administration pat-down at the Seattle airport. The ferry M/V Matanuska carrying the...

State Rep. Sharon Cissna (D-Anchorage) arrived back in Juneau Thursday morning after a days-long ordeal resulting from her decision to refuse a TSA pat-down at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. The ferry M/V Matanuska carrying the state lawmaker pulled into...

The Alaska House of Representatives made a formal show of support Wednesday for Rep. Sharon Cissna (D-Anchorage), who chose to take a ferry back to Juneau after refusing a TSA pat-down at the Seattle-Tacoma airport earlier this week. Rep. Chris Tuck (D-...

An Alaskan state lawmaker is returning home by sea after refusing a pat-down search at a Seattle airport, a spokeswoman said. Rep. Sharon Cissna underwent a body scan as she was preparing to leave Sea-Tac Airport Sunday and was then required to...

Dozens of Anchorage residents attended the 2011 legislative session's first constituent meeting Saturday for Midtown's University-Medical district, speaking up on a variety of local issues. The district's state lawmakers, Sen. Bettye Davis and Rep. Lance...

Rep. Sharon Cissna’s (D-Anchorage) colleagues in the legislature are expecting her back in the state capitol on Thursday.   House Democrats applauded Cissna’s decision to leave the Seattle-Tacoma airport after she refused a pat-down. She...