Senator Mark Begich News

Do you remember the commercials Sen. Mark Begich paid for when he ran for the U.S. Senate? He promised he would have the courage to stand up to his party when they were wrong.

Keeping your kids safe on Halloween: Part 2 There are about a thousand registered sex offenders living in Anchorage, and your child could be knocking on one of their doors this Halloween.

The Coast Guard plays a huge role in Alaska, so any time Congress works on a bill affecting the agency, there's a good chance Alaska has a big stake in the outcome.

The defense funding bill President Obama just signed will do some helpful things for the country as a whole and Alaskans in particular.

As saddened as I have been to read about the numerous deaths of homeless street alcoholics over the summer in Anchorage, I am equally stunned that the city appears to be starting from scratch to address this issue.

The Department of Defense plans to complete all 14 of the silos housing missile interceptors at Fort Greely, home of the military's Missile Defense Complex, Alaska's two U.S. senators said.

President Obama today signed into law a wide-ranging defense bill that resumes payment of the retirement benefit of former Alaska Territorial Guard members, announced U.S. Sen.

Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today participated in events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's housing programs.

Sen. Al Franken, shown in his Senate office in Washington, says his bill a oerepresents a small but significant step towards reining in unnecessary health care costs.a To the advertising and marketing industry, recently introduced legislation by humorist and U.S. Sen.

The U.S. Minerals Management Service on Oct. 19 gave conditional approval to plans by Shell Offshore Inc.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Documents filed in federal court directly link U.S. Rep. Don Young to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska for the first time.

U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan , Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced major legislation to improve health care for 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country - the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009.

The key witness in the federal government's corruption cases against several Alaska politicians, including former U.S. Sen.

The march of offshore oil development into the Arctic has been given a boost by the federal Minerals Management Service, which approved Shell Offshore Inc.'s plan to drill exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Alaska.

Denver Business Journal. Capitol photo by Mark Harden. Udall, Bennet photos courtesy their offices.

State Rep. Richard Foster, D-Nome, uses a walker at the state Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska during the first day of the 2009 Legislative session.

Longtime Alaska Rep. Richard Foster was remembered Wednesday as a strong advocate for rural Alaska who fought to improve the lives of those he represented.

The second annual Alaska's CancerThon is happening right now. KTVA CBS 11's Matthew Simon is there.

Provision in Coast Guard bill would extend dual escorts even to ships with double hulls; similar legislation pending in Senate Federal legislation authorizing Coast Guard appropriations for 2010 has a provision expanding the requirement for dual tug escorts of oil tankers traveling through Alaska's Prince William Sound .

Levi Johnston is going for the ultimate exposure - the 19-year-old father of Sarah Palin's grandchild will pose nude for Playgirl, his attorney said Wednesday.