Schatz, Murkowski: More Than $3 Million In New Tourism Grants For Native Communities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, issued statements on the recent announcement of more than $3 million in Department of the Interior Tribal Tourism Grant Program funding to 30 Tribes and Tribal organizations, including four […]
Anchorage Daily News: Feds inject nearly $300M into Alaska Marine Highway System for improvements
As the Alaska Marine Highway System turns 60, the federal government this week announced $285 million for improvements. The money is intended to modernize and replace vessels, upgrade docks and invest in long-term resilience. “This is great news for our infrastructure, but also for our state’s economic future going forward,” Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski […]
Murkowski-Led Efforts to Protect Alaska’s Oceans and Environment Pass in Annual NDAA
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a co-chair of the Senate Oceans Caucus, applauded the recent passage of H.R. 7776, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), which included several Murkowski-led provisions aimed at supporting the blue economy and protecting Alaska’s oceans and environment, such as […]
Peninsula Clarion: Federal infrastructure bill makes available more than $232M for peninsula projects
From bluff erosion, to flood mitigation, to fish passage, Kenai Peninsula projects are set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money through the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by Congress last year. President Joe Biden signed the trillion-dollar Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law in November 2021. The legislation includes $550 billion […]
Murkowski, Sullivan Applaud An Additional $135.9 Million in Broadband Investment for Alaska
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) applauded the announcement of an additional $135.9 million in federal broadband grants for communities across Alaska. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) announced the grants Thursday for broadband programs in Western, Southcentral, and Southeastern Alaska. Newly announced grant recipients include the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., Central […]
Murkowski Marks One Year of Infrastructure Law: Nearly $3 Billion and Counting for Alaska
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today released the following statement marking the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, under which nearly $3 billion has already been announced for Alaska. Murkowski helped write, negotiate, and shepherd this historic law through Congress last year with a small bipartisan group of Senators. […]
Alaska to Receive $13 Million to Address High Energy Costs
Anchorage, AK – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that Alaska was awarded $13.7 million through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this funding will help low-income individuals and families pay for home heating costs this winter and cover unpaid utility bills.These funds […]
Interior Alaska Receives $30 Million to Deploy High-Speed Internet
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is receiving a $30.3 million federal broadband grant, made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The grant comes through USDA’s ReConnect Program, which aims to build out broadband infrastructure to connect communities across the United […]
$112 Million Announced for Alaska Ports and Ferry Terminals
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that four Alaska coastal communities will receive a total of $112 million in investments this year for critical port-related infrastructure and ferry terminal projects, marking the first wave of these type of investments attributable to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The awards, made possible by the IIJA’s […]
Alaska To Receive Over $14 Million for Recreation Infrastructure
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will invest $37.75 million to improve recreation related infrastructure on national forests and grasslands, including $14.4 million specifically for projects within the Tongass and Chugach National Forests. These investments are made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Senator Murkowski […]