The Trump administration took its latest step to encourage oil and gas development in Alaska, saying it’s revoking a Biden-era rule that restricted leasing across most of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Palmer Republican Sen. Shelley Hughes became the second Republican senator from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to resign from their seat this month, following Sen. Mike Shower of Wasilla.
Conservation groups and three Alaska Native tribes filed lawsuits against the Trump administration this week to block a deal for a gravel road through a wildlife refuge on the Alaska Peninsula.